NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Even though cycads and palms resemble each other outwardly, the palms are members of a different family and phylum – Arecaceae family in the Phylum Anthophyta. Cycadophyta is one of the 4 phyla of the gymnosperms, belonging to the kingdom Plantae.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cycads are gymnosperms (naked-seeded), meaning their unfertilized seeds are open to the air to be directly fertilized by pollination, as contrasted with angiosperms, which have enclosed seeds with more complex fertilization arrangements.

Detailed explanation-3: -Palm trees are monocot angiosperms belonging to the family Arecaceae. These are the perennial flowering plants with enclosed seeds.

Detailed explanation-4: -With large compound leaves and often a thick trunk, they superficially resemble palms – and therefore often have a common name including “palm” even though they are not related to true palms – but are actually most closely related to gingko!