Plant KingdomHard
Question
A plant having seeds but lacking flowers and fruits belongs to
Options
A.pteridophytes
B.mosses
C.ferns
D.gymnosperms
Solution
Gymnosperms (gymno = naked + sperma = seed) are commonly known as naked seed plants because their ovules (which later become seeds) are not covered and lie naked on the surfaces of specialised leves called megasporohylls or ovuliferous scales, arranged into cones, flowers are absent : seed may have two (eg, Cycas) or more (eg, Pinus) cotyledons.
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