DENDROLOGY

DENDROLOGY AND SOCIETY

PLANT CLASSIFICATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Plants are classified as non-flowering and flowering plants. Which of the following is flowering plant?
A
Moss
B
Fern
C
Durian tree
D
Conifer
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Phanerogams or spermatophytes are seed-bearing plants. It includes both angiosperms (flowering plants) and gymnosperms (non-flowering plants). They have evident sex organs or phanerogamae. In gymnosperms, the seeds are naked, whereas in angiosperms, it is enclosed.

Detailed explanation-2: -Non-flowering plants include mosses, liverworts, hornworts, lycophytes and ferns and reproduce by spores. Some non-flowering plants, called gymnosperms or conifers, still produce seeds.

Detailed explanation-3: -Non-flowering plants mostly fall into one of these groups: ferns, liverworts, mosses, hornworts, whisk ferns, club mosses, horsetails, conifers, cycads, and ginkgo.

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