The term "Phanerogam"
literally means "open wedding" and refers to the fact that
reproduction in these plants was clearly understood unlike the case
in lower plants (Cryptogams)
in which it was for a long time something of a mystery.
Any plant of the phylum Spermatophyta, the higher plants that
produce seeds. Spermatophyte have a reproductive cycle which
develops pollen that results in seeds containing the embryo of a new
plant. They are divided into two smaller groups: the Gymnosperms and
the Angiosperms.
Spermatophytes are included in the embryophytes or land plants,
which also includes various groups that reproduce by spores, such as
mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and ferns. |