Characteristics of Angiosperms -
- Angiosperms are the most advanced and most dominant of all plants found.
- Angiosperms are seed-bearing plants which form flowers and fruits. It means that the seeds of angiosperms are covered inside the fruit.
- Angiosperms grow in a wide variety of habitats and occur in different forms i.e. herbs, shrubs and trees).
- The smallest angiosperm is Wolffia and the tallest is Eucalyptus (100 meters tall).
- Angiosperms are useful to us in many ways like food, fodder, fuel, clothes, medicines and several others.
- The root system is the tap root system or adventitious root system.
- Xylem has vessels and tracheids as the main conducting elements and phloem has companion cells and sieve tubes.
- Leaves show reticulate or parallel venation.
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Angiosperms can have diploid and dominant sporophyte.
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