(B) Pteridophytes are the first terrestrial plants to possess vascular tissues ($xylem$ and $phloem$). While bryophytes are the first land plants, the

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(B) Pteridophytes are the first terrestrial plants to possess vascular tissues ($xylem$ and $phloem$). While bryophytes are the first land plants, they lack true vascular tissues. Pteridophytes represent the evolutionary transition where complex transport systems first appeared in land plants.