The Feature That Distinguishes Hornworts as More Closely Related to Vascular

Multiple Choice

The feature that distinguishes hornworts as more closely related to vascular plants than mosses or liverworts is

A) the presence of a nutritionally independent sporophyte.
B) the ability to grow without a set limit.
C) the presence of rudimentary water-conducting elements.
D) the separation of male and female gametophytes.
E) the use of starch as a storage molecule for sugar.