AP BIOLOGY

PLANTS

CLASSIFICATION OF PLANTS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Flowering plants belong to which group of plants?
A
Bryophytes
B
Ferns
C
Gymnosperms
D
Angiosperms
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Angiosperms are plants that produce flowers and bear their seeds in fruits. They are the largest and most diverse group within the kingdom Plantae, with about 300, 000 species. Angiosperms represent approximately 80 percent of all known living green plants.

Detailed explanation-2: -Angiosperms, or the flowering plants, are without doubt the most diverse group of modern plants. There may be over 290, 000 species of angiosperms alive today, and they are thought to make up about 90% of the world’s living embryophyte species (see here). Angiosperms are highly variable in form.

Detailed explanation-3: -Traditionally, the flowering plants have been divided into two major groups, or classes, : the Dicots (Magnoliopsida) and the Monocots (Liliopsida).

Detailed explanation-4: -Angiosperms, are also known as flowering plants and having seeds enclosed within their fruit. Whereas gymnosperms have no flowers or fruits and have naked seeds on the surface of their leaves. Gymnosperm seeds are configured as the cones.

Detailed explanation-5: -Plants that produce flowers and bear fruits and seeds are known as angiosperms. About 80% of plant species belong to angiosperms. The word “Angiosperm” is derived from the Greek words angeion, which means “case” and sperma, which means “seed”. Angiosperms are so called because these plants have covered seeds.

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