Definition
A vascular plant that reproduces by spores rather than seeds, including ferns, horsetails, and club mosses. These plants have true roots, stems, and leaves with specialized tissues for transporting water and nutrients.
Etymology
From Greek 'pteris' meaning fern and 'phyton' meaning plant, coined in the 19th century as botanists began classifying plants based on their reproductive structures. The term originally referred specifically to ferns but was expanded to include all spore-bearing vascular plants.
Kelly Says
Pteridophytes are evolutionary pioneers that invented plumbing for plants over 400 million years ago! They were the first plants to develop vascular tissue, allowing them to grow tall and compete for sunlight, but they're still tied to water for reproduction like their mossy ancestors.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
pteridophyte
ter-i-do-fi-t
BNবাংলা
pteridophyte
ter-i-do-fi-t
CACatalà
pteridòfit
ter-i-do-fit
CSČeština
pteridofyta
ter-i-do-fi-ta
DADansk
pteridofyt
ter-i-do-fi-t
DEDeutsch
Pteridophyt
ter-i-do-fi-t
ESEspañol
pteridofita
ter-i-do-FEE-ta
FAفارسی
پتریدوفیت
pet-ri-do-fi-t
FISuomi
pöydänlehti
poy-dan-leh-ti
FRFrançais
ptéridophyte
te-ri-do-fi-t
GUGU
pteridophyte
ter-i-do-fi-t
HAHA
pteridophyte
ter-i-do-fi-t
HEעברית
צמחי כתר
tzma-chi-keter
HUMagyar
páfrány
pa-fra-ny
IDBahasa Indonesia
pteridofit
ter-i-do-fit
IGIG
pteridophyte
ter-i-do-fi-t
ITItaliano
pteridofita
ter-i-do-FEE-ta
JA日本語
pteridophyte
pute-ri-do-fi-to
KKKK
pteridophyte
ter-i-do-fi-t
KMKM
pteridophyte
ter-i-do-fi-t
MRMR
pteridophyte
ter-i-do-fi-t
MSBahasa Melayu
pteridofit
ter-i-do-fit
MYမြန်မာ
pteridophyte
ter-i-do-fi-t
NLNederlands
pteridofiet
ter-i-do-fi-et
NONorsk
pteridofyt
ter-i-do-fi-t
PAPA
pteridophyte
ter-i-do-fi-t
PLPolski
pterydophyta
ter-i-do-fi-ta
PTPortuguês
pteridófita
ter-i-do-FEE-ta
RORomână
pteridofit
ter-i-do-fit
RUРусский
папоротниковидные
pa-po-rot-ni-ko-vid-nye
SVSvenska
pteridofyt
ter-i-do-fi-t
SWKiswahili
pteridophyte
ter-i-do-fi-t
THไทย
pteridophyte
ter-i-do-fi-t
TLTL
pteridophyte
ter-i-do-fi-t
TRTürkçe
pteridofit
ter-i-do-fit
UKУкраїнська
папоротеподібні
pa-po-rote-po-dib-ni
URاردو
pteridophyte
ter-i-do-fi-t
VITiếng Việt
pteridophyte
ter-i-do-fi-t
YOYO
pteridophyte
ter-i-do-fi-t
ZUZU
pteridophyte
ter-i-do-fi-t