Angiosperms (flowering plants) Gymnosperms (conifers) Ferns Mosses Algae Fungi
The four main groups of plants are mosses, ferns, gymnosperms, and angiosperms. Mosses are non-vascular plants, ferns are seedless vascular plants, gymnosperms have naked seeds (like pine trees), and angiosperms have seeds enclosed in fruits (flowering plants).
a. Angiosperms have the most species among the options provided, with over 300,000 species. b. Gymnosperms have around 1,000 species. c. Conifers are a group within the gymnosperms and have about 600-700 species. d. Mosses have around 12,000-20,000 species. e. Ferns have around 10,560 species.
Embryophytes are essentially equivalent to the land plants, which include all plants that have evolved to live primarily on land. This taxon includes mosses, ferns, gymnosperms, and angiosperms.
Ferns, mosses and gymnosperms
Because ferns (Pteridophyta) and gymnosperms are part of the larger category of vascular plants (Tracheophyta) and share common features that mosses lack. Perhaps also because of the spurious notion that "seed ferns" (Pteridospermatophyta), the ancestors of the gymnosperms, evolved from ferns. In fact, "seed ferns" are a large, heterogeneous category of plants which are generally believed to be only distantly related to true ferns.
The first land-inhabiting plants were likely mosses and liverworts. These early plants played a key role in the colonization of land by providing a foundation for other plant species to follow. Over time, more complex plants, such as ferns and gymnosperms, evolved.
Angiosperms have flowers, fruits and seeds. However ferns, horsetails, and club mosses do not have either of these.
Angiosperms have flowers, fruits and seeds. However ferns, horsetails, and club mosses do not have either of these.
a tracheophyte is a vascular plant which is capable of conducting water, minerals and photosynthetic products through the plant. This includes conifers, gymnosperms, angiosperms, club mosses and ferns.
Cryptogamae is an obsolete term used to describe a group of non-flowering plants that reproduce by spores, such as mosses, liverworts, and ferns. These plants do not produce flowers or seeds like angiosperms and gymnosperms.
gymnosperms,angiosperms,horsetails,ferns,and ginko