BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
KINGDOM PLANTAE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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It has flower
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It has seed
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It has fruit
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Its seed is not covered by fleshy fruit
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Detailed explanation-1: -The gnetophytes are considered gymnosperms due to their reproductive structures-cones or strobili, naked condition of seeds, the presence of tracheids which are characteristics of gymnosperms. They are also wind-pollinated, just like the gymnosperms.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why? Answer: Technically the gymnosperms are robust and these can survive in the variety of habitats. But, angiosperms are having two novel features which are fruits and flowers. The fruits aid in the dispersing seeds whereas the flowers provide the protection for the ovule.
Detailed explanation-3: -Solution : Gymnosperms do not bear fruits because they do not have ovary.
Detailed explanation-4: -gnetophyte, (division Gnetophyta), any member of the division Gnetophyta, a small group of gymnospermous vascular plants that are represented by three living genera: Ephedra, Gnetum, and Welwitschia.