Question

Define Cryptogams. Name the plant groups that comes under cryptogams. [3 Marks]

Answer 1

• Cryptogams are plants with hidden (inconspicuous) reproductive organs. [1 mark]
• External flowers or seeds are absent and they have naked embryos called spores. [1 mark]
• The thallophytes, the bryophytes, and the pteridophytes are collectively called cryptograms. [1 mark]