Tag: gymnosperms

Gymnosperms are seed-bearing plants but lack the specialized features  of flowering plants. The gymnosperms do not bear flowers hence the seeds are naked i.e these are not enclosed within fruits.

Angiosperms are flowering plants characterized by having seeds enclosed within an ovary (fruit).

Ferns reproduce via spores, while gymnosperms are seed-bearing plants that do not produce flowers.

Gymnosperms are 'naked seed' plants and do not produce flowers; flowers are a defining characteristic of angiosperms.

Angiosperms or flowering plants include all those plants in which seeds are enclosed in the fruits. An ovule is well developed in angiosperms. Thus option B is the correct answer.

A xylem vessel is a characteristic feature of an angiosperm and help in transportation of water. When it comes to transportation of food, it is the phloem that transports food materials from the leaves to the other parts. Sieve tube elements, companion cells, phloem parenchyma are the different components of the phloem. The sieve tube elements are arranged longitudinally with the companion cells and the pressure gradient in them is maintained by the companion cells

So, the correct answer is 'Angiosperm'

Vessels are present in most of the angiosperms and also in certain lower plants like Gnetum, Marsilea and Selaginella. Tracheids are found in pteridophytes, most of the gymnosperms and a few angiosperms.
Thus, the correct answer is option D.

Gymnosperms are defined by having 'naked' seeds, meaning they are not enclosed in an ovary or fruit.

A. Mistletoe is a common name for obligate hemiparasitic plants of order santalales. For example, Viscum species etc. It grows as tangled stem mass which can be upto 5 feet.

Angiosperms are fruit-bearing plants because angiosperms are vascular seed plants in which the ovule (egg) is fertilized and develops into a seed in an enclosed hollow ovary. The ovary itself is usually enclosed in a flower, which after fertilization turns into fruit.