Flowering plant

Magnoliopsida - Dicots

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Liliopsida - Monocots

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The flowering plants (also angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. They comprise one of the two groups in the seed plants: the flowering plants cover their seeds by including them in a true fruit. They bear the reproductive organs in a structure called a flower; the ovule is enclosed within a carpel, which will lead to a fruit.

Related Topics:
Plant - Seed plants - Fruit - Organs - Flower - Ovule - Carpel

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In the other major group of seed plants, called gymnosperms, the ovule is not enclosed at pollination and the seeds are not in a true fruit, although occasionally fleshy structures may cover the seed (e.g. Taxus).

Related Topics:
Gymnosperm - Taxus

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