How the First Plants Came to Land: Bryophytes and the Early Land Plants

The evolutionary journey of how plants transitioned from water to land. We'll also discuss bryophytes, the most primitive lineage of plants alive today, which might somewhat resemble these early terrestrial pioneers.
#biology #botany #paleobiology #paleontology #geology #ecology #science #evolution
Paleogeographic map:
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Data by Christopher Scotese: www.earthbyte....
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Artwork and Images:
- Thumbnail art by Anna Travisan :)
- Metzgeriothallus sharonae Hernick et al., 2008 by MIFverse Devianart: MIFverse (www.deviantart...)
- Hornwort by Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0, Hollinger/flickr.com (www.flickr.com...)
- Ernst Haeckel - Kunstformen der Natur (1904), plate 72 & 82, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons (commons.wikime...)
- Microscope images from antheridium and archegonium: UBC Biology 321 (blogs.ubc.ca/b...)
- Rdbickel - Own work. Overview of Meiosis. CC BY-SA 4.0. Meiosis Overview new.svg (en.wikipedia.o...)
- Images rhizoids: Jones, V.A.S. and Dolan, L. (2012) ‘The evolution of root hairs and rhizoids’, Annals of Botany, 110(2), pp. 205-212. Available at: doi.org/10.109...
- Bryophyte life cycle: By Htpaul - I created this in Microsoft Paint, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Bryophyte scattered fossils: Tomescu, A.M.F. (2016) ‘The Early Cretaceous Apple Bay flora of Vancouver Island: a hotspot of fossil bryophyte diversity’, Botany, 94(9), pp. 683-695. Available at: doi.org/10.113...
- Image of bryophyte cells from: Cronodon (cronodon.com/B...)
Image of bryophyte amber fossils: Bouju, V. et al. (2022) ‘Miocene Ethiopian amber: A new source of fossil cryptogams’, Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 60(4), pp. 932-954. Available at: doi.org/10.111...
Scientific Literature:
- Heinrichs, J., Hentschel, J., Wilson, R., Feldberg, K. and Schneider, H. (2007) 'Evolution of leafy liverworts (Jungermanniidae, Marchantiophyta): estimating divergence times from chloroplast DNA sequences using penalized likelihood with integrated fossil evidence', Bryologist, 110(2), pp. 179-188. doi: 10.1639/0007-2745(2007)110 179 2.0.CO;2
- Kelber, K.-P. (2019) ‘Naiadita lanceolata (Marchantiophyta) from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian) of Germany: a new reconstruction attempt and considerations on taphonomy’, PalZ, 93(3), pp. 499-515. Available at: doi.org/10.100...
- Chater, C.C.C. et al. (2017) ‘Origins and Evolution of Stomatal Development’, Plant Physiology, 174(2), pp. 624-638. Available at: doi.org/10.110...
- Harris, B.J. et al. (2020) ‘Phylogenomic Evidence for the Monophyly of Bryophytes and the Reductive Evolution of Stomata’, Current Biology, 30(11), pp. 2001-2012.e2. Available at: doi.org/10.101...
- Donoghue, P.C.J. et al. (2021) ‘The evolutionary emergence of land plants’, Current Biology, 31(19), pp. R1281-R1298. Available at: doi.org/10.101...
- Taylor, T.N., Taylor, E.L. and Krings, M. (2009) Paleobotany: The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants. 2nd edn. Burlington, MA: Academic Press
- Hernick, L. V., Landing, E., & Bartowski, K. E. (2008). Earth’s oldest liverworts-Metzgeriothallus sharonae sp. nov. from the Middle Devonian (Givetian) of eastern New York, USA. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 148(2-4), 154-162. doi: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2007.09.002

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[@EchoesofEvolution]

Thanks for your kind words! :)

[@UseYourBrain00]

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[@vicentenavarro8359]

I studied this on my second year of ecology in uni in a course where we studied algae and land plants (with the exception of angiosperms which had their own course) and you explain it in a much better way than professors. Keep up the good work!

[@EchoesofEvolution]

Thank you so much! That must have been a wonderful study :) Angiosperms deserve at least two videos in this series about the evolutionary history of plants, so hopefully I can complement the angiosperm course you did with my future videos.

[@mifverse]

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[@JamesKonopasek-so2qf]

Well presented :).

[@EchoesofEvolution]

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[@EchoesofEvolution]

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[@UseYourBrain00]

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[@EchoesofEvolution]

Thanks! Will do! ☺️

[@roccov1972]

Great lesson. Keep up the good work. Thanks!

[@EchoesofEvolution]

Thank you! Very appreciated:)

[@roccov1972]

@@EchoesofEvolution My pleasure! I see that you are a biology and geology student. Where do you attend university? Are you pursuing a Masters or PhD? Where do you live?
Thanks again!

[@EchoesofEvolution]

@@roccov1972 I’m currently studying biology at the University of Amsterdam (where I’m based), and I’m also working on a minor in geology/paleontology at the University of Utrecht. I’d love to pursue a masters in paleobiology and maybe even a PhD in that field.

[@roccov1972]

@@EchoesofEvolution Awesome. I'm really pleased that there is someone with your background providing an education on these topics for those of us who are not learned. Many thanks!

[@BenjaminK28]

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[@EchoesofEvolution]

Dankjewel! 😃

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Great video! Btw are you Dutch xD

[@EchoesofEvolution]

Hey thanks! Yes I’m Dutch :)