Gymnosperm means “naked seed” and comes from the same Greek root as gymnastics, which means to exercise naked. This group of plants is so named because the seeds are not enclosed inside an ovary, ...

The Jurassic was a world dominated by gymnosperm plants, such as conifers, which produced sugary nectar to capture pollen from the air. The primitive insects may have fed on this nectar ...

The angiosperms are the most recently derived plant group, originating some 160 million years ago and becoming widespread around 120 million years ago. Angiosperm means “enclosed seed,” referring to ...

What was their great innovation? Botanists call flowering plants angiosperms, from the Greek words for "vessel" and "seed." Unlike conifers, which produce seeds in open cones, angiosperms enclose ...

but that high-level DMSP production allows plants to grow at the coast, for example in salty conditions. New research identifies for the first time the genes that help plants grow under stressful ...

Most research on plant stem cells focuses on the tips of roots and shoots, where growth occurs in height. But biologist ...

That's because pinecones, a type of gymnosperm, are resistant to mold and fungi ... as birds not only assist in pollinating plants but also dine on pests and help control weeds. One way to attract ...

This means the positioning of furniture and even indoor plants matter when creating a flow of harmony that matches the natural order of the world. And according to feng shui experts, there are ...

Mutualistic interactions are mutually beneficial species interactions. Plant-pollinator mutualisms are particularly important, and involve nearly 170,000 plant and 200,000 animal species.

Those of most interest to gardeners are the flowering plants (Angiosperms) that consist of 416 plant families ... so daffodils and irises, for example, meet the biological definition, but not the ...

1999) dicot - One of the two main divisions (the other being monocots) of flowering plants (i.e. angiosperms) which have two cotyledons or "seed leaves". Examples include fruiting trees and most ...

For example, temperate rainforest grew close to the poles ... Today, about 90% of plants are flowering plants, also known as angiosperms. While the origin of flowering plants may go back as far as the ...