Question

Microphylls are characteristic of which types of plants?

a. mosses

b. liverworts

c. club mosses

d. ferns

Short answer

Option (c) club mosses is the correct answer.

Step-by-step solution

Step 1. Introduction 

Description of club mosses :

• Club mosses belongs tolycopodiopsida.
• They are also called ground pines.
• They're short green plants with scaly leaves.
• Some examples are : Stag's horn clubmoss, Huperzia.

Step 2. Reason for correct option.

• Microphylls are leaves found in clubmosses that has a singular unbranched leaf vein.
• They're small leaves with basic venation unlike megaphylls with complex venation.

Step 3. Reason for incorrect answer.

All the other options mentioned in the question does not contain any structure like microphyll as is present in club mosses.