different between xylem vs tracheophyte

English

Etymology

From German Xylem, from Ancient Greek ????? (xúlon, “wood”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: z??l?m, IPA^(key): /?za?.l?m/

Noun

xylem (plural xylems)

1. (botany) A vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of water and minerals taken up by the roots; also the primary component of wood.

Derived terms

• metaxylem
• protoxylem
• xylematic
• xylemian

Translations

Coordinate terms

• phloem

English

Etymology

From trachea (“xylem vessel”) +? -phyte (“plant”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t?ak???f??t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?t?e?ki.??fa?t/

Noun

tracheophyte (plural tracheophytes)

1. (botany): Any plant possessing vascular tissue (xylem and phloem), including ferns, conifers, and flowering plants.
   • 2010, P. K. Strother, Thomas Servais, Marco Vecoli, The effect of terrestrialization on marine ecosystems: the fall of CO₂, Marco Vecoli, Gaël Clément, B. Meyer-Berthaud (editors), The Terrestrialization Process, page 40,

     The tracheophytes (vascular land plants) have a fossil record beginning in the Wenlock (Edwards et al. 1983).

   • 2012, Philippe Steemans, Elodie Petus, Pierre Breuer, Paula Mauller-Mendlowicz, Philippe Gerrienne, Paleozoic Innovations in the Micro- and Megafossil Plant Record: From the Earliest Plant Spores to the Earliest Seeds, John A. Talent (editor), Earth and Life: Global Biodiversity, Extinction Intervals and Biogeographic Perturbations Through Time, page 443,

     There is a clear relationship between tracheophytes and trilete spores, but not with cryptospores.

Synonyms

• (plant with vascular tissue): vascular plant

Antonyms

• (plant with vascular tissue): bryophyte, non-vascular plant, thallus

Derived terms

• paratracheophyte
• protracheophyte

Translations

See also

• Tracheobionta
• Tracheophyta