Definition of Spermatophyta. Meaning of Spermatophyta. Synonyms of Spermatophyta

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Definition of Spermatophyta

Spermatophyta
Spermatophyta Sper`ma*toph"y*ta, n. pl. [NL.; spermato- + Gr. ? plant.] (Bot.) A phylum embracing the highest plants, or those that produce seeds; the seed plants, or flowering plants. They form the most numerous group, including over 120,000 species. In general, the group is characterized by the marked development of the sporophyte, with great differentiation of its parts (root, stem, leaves, flowers, etc.); by the extreme reduction of the gametophyte; and by the development of seeds. All the Spermatophyta are heterosporous; fertilization of the egg cell is either through a pollen tube emitted by the microspore or (in a few gymnosperms) by spermatozoids. Note: The phrase ``flowering plants' is less distinctive than ``seed plants,' since the conifers, grasses, sedges, oaks, etc., do not produce flowers in the popular sense. For this reason the terms Anthrophyta, Ph[ae]nogamia, and Panerogamia have been superseded as names of the phylum by Spermatophyta.

Meaning of Spermatophyta from wikipedia

- division, with classes for the five groups:[citation needed] Division ****tophyta Cycadopsida, the cycads Ginkgoopsida, the ginkgo Pinopsida, the conifers...
- †Trimerophytophyta Polypodiophyta †Progymnospermophyta Superdivision ****tophyta †Pterido****tophyta Pinophyta Cycadophyta Ginkgophyta Gnetophyta Magnoliophyta...
- (euphyllophytes) Infradivision Moniliformopses (monilophytes) Infradivision ****tophyta - seed plants, ~260,000 species where the monilophytes comprise about...
- W. B. (1938). "The Expansion Of Taxonomy With Special Reference To ****tophyta". Biological Reviews. 13 (4): 342–373. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185X.1938...
- Cufodontis, Georg (1956). "Supplement: Enumeratio Plantarum Aethiopiae ****tophyta (Sequentia)". Bulletin du Jardin botanique de l'État à Bruxelles. 26...
- (euphyllophytes) Infradivision Moniliformopses (monilophytes) Infradivision ****tophyta - seed plants, ~260,000 species Subdivision Lycopodiophyta (lycophytes)...
- surrounding the embryo. This is an evolutionary characteristic of the ****tophyta. Mature seed drops out of cone onto the ground. Seed germinates and...
- "Ericaceae". In CGGJ van Steenis (ed.). Flora Malesiana. Series I, ****tophyta (vol. 6 pt. 4). Djakarta: Noordhoff-Kolff. pp. 469–656. doi:10.5962/bhl...
- Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: ****tophyta Order: †Glossopteridales Plumstead, 1956 Families Dictyopteridiaceae...
- This article lists the living orders of the Viridiplantae, based primarily on the work of Ruggiero et al. 2015. Living order of Lycophytes and ferns are...