GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Out of 900 reported species of living gymnosperms, conifers are represented by about 500 species, About 2, 50, 000 species of angiosperms (flowering plants) have also been reported in the world. The vast and dominant woodlands in Europe, Asia, North America and mountains such as Himalayas are wooded with only conifers.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Flowering plants are a vast group of plants that produce flowers and seeds enclosed in a fruit. Conifers are woody plants that produce naked seeds on a cone. They belong to the group of angiosperms. They belong to the division Pinophyta under gymnosperms.