Pteridophytes

Pteridophytes shows a total turnover from the bryophyte stage, with big and complex sporophytes.

pteridophyte -- Plant in which the sporophyte generation is the larger phase and in which the gametophyte lives an existence independent of its parent sporophyte. Pteridophytes are almost all vascular plants, and include the lycophytes, ...

See also: Plant, Spore, Gardening, Flower, Stage