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What is a gymnosperm?
Quick Answer
A gymnosperm is a seed plant with naked seeds, meaning the seeds are not enclosed in a fruit. Conifers are the best-known gymnosperms.
The Full Story
Gymnosperms include conifers, cycads, ginkgo, and gnetophytes. Their seeds develop exposed on cones or other structures rather than inside an ovary that becomes a fruit, as in flowering plants. They evolved long before angiosperms and were especially dominant in ancient forests. Today they remain ecologically important, especially in boreal and mountain ecosystems.
Key Facts
1.Seeds are not enclosed in fruit
2.Conifers are gymnosperms
3.They were dominant in many ancient forests
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