Question

List any four important characters of gymnosperms. Give two examples.

Answer 1

Four important characters of gymnosperms are:

• The plants have a sporophytic and a gametophytic generation. The sporophytic generation is dominant with the sporophyte differentiated into roots, stems and leaves.
• They have two types of leaves, the foliage leaves and the scale leaves. Hence, they are said to be dimorphic.
• Pollination in gymnosperms occurs by means of wind i.e they are wind pollinated.
• They do not have flowers and the ovules are naked. Due to this, they are also known as naked seeded plants.

Two examples of gymnosperms are Cycas and Pine.