| S.No. | Bryophytes | Pteridophytes |
| 01. | Plant body is Gametophyte | Plant body is Sporophyte |
| 02. | Plant body is thalloid that does not differentiate into roots, stem and leaves. | Plant body is differentiated into root stem and leaves. |
| 03. | Vascular tissue is absent. | Vascular tissue is present |
| 04. | Sporophyte is dependent on gametophyte | Total independent Sporophyte. |
| 05. | Antherozoids are biflagellate. | Antherozoids are multi-flagellate. |
| 06. | Gametophyte is well developed. | Gametophyte is reduced, independent and short lived. |
| 07. | Examples- Marchantia, Funaria, Riccia etc. | Examples- Selaginella, Marsilea, Pteris etc. |
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