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  2. Gymnosperm - Wikipedia

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    The gymnosperms (/ ˈ dʒ ɪ m n ə ˌ s p ɜːr m z,-n oʊ-/ ⓘ JIM-nə-spurmz, -⁠noh-; lit. ' revealed seeds ') are a group of woody, perennial seed-producing plants, typically lacking the protective outer covering which surrounds the seeds in flowering plants, that include conifers, cycads, Ginkgo, and gnetophytes, forming the clade Gymnospermae [2] The term gymnosperm comes from the ...

  3. Embryophyte - Wikipedia

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    Seed plants include two clades with living members, the gymnosperms and the angiosperms or flowering plants. In gymnosperms, the ovules or seeds are not further enclosed. In angiosperms, they are enclosed within the carpel. Angiosperms typically also have other, secondary structures, such as petals, which together form a flower.

  4. Flowering plant - Wikipedia

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    Reduced gametophytes, three cells in male, seven cells with eight nuclei in female (except for basal angiosperms) [10] The gametophytes are smaller than those of gymnosperms. [11] The smaller size of the pollen reduces the time between pollination and fertilization, which in gymnosperms is up to a year. [12] Embryo sac is a reduced female ...

  5. Floral morphology - Wikipedia

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    Diagram of an ovule in gymnosperms and angiosperms Photomicrograph of an ovule of a monocotyledon. In angiosperms the gynoecium, also called pistil, consists of one or more carpels or carpel leaves that form a cavity, the ovary, inside which the ovules or seminal primordia are protected from both desiccation and attack by phytophagous insects.

  6. Seed plant - Wikipedia

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    The spermatophytes were traditionally divided into angiosperms, or flowering plants, and gymnosperms, which includes the gnetophytes, cycads, [5] ginkgo, and conifers. Older morphological studies believed in a close relationship between the gnetophytes and the angiosperms, [6] in particular based on vessel elements.

  7. Tracheid - Wikipedia

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    Angiosperms have both tracheids and vessel elements. [1] A tracheid is a long and tapered lignified cell in the xylem of vascular plants. It is a type of conductive cell called a tracheary element. Angiosperms use another type of conductive cell, called vessel elements, to transport water through the xylem.

  8. Seed - Wikipedia

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    In angiosperms, the stored food begins as a tissue called the endosperm, which is derived from the mother plant and the pollen via double fertilization. It is usually triploid, and is rich in oil or starch, and protein. In gymnosperms, such as conifers, the food storage tissue (also called endosperm) is part of the female gametophyte, a haploid ...

  9. Pollen tube - Wikipedia

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    Cross section of ovule in gymnosperms and angiosperms. Gymnosperm pollen is produced in microsporangia borne on the scales of the male cone or microstrobilus.In most species, the plants are wind-pollinated, and the pollen grains of conifers have air bladders that provide buoyancy in air currents.