How different plants store their seeds
Video presentation describing the differences in seed storage between angiosperms and gymnosperms.
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Transcript
NARRATOR: There are two types of vascular seed plants: angiosperms and gymnosperms. These types differ as to where they store their seeds. Angiosperms, which represent about 80 percent of the known green plants now living, have ovaries and flowers that enclose their seeds. The seeds of gymnosperms, however, are borne in cones—like a pinecone—and as a result are exposed. This trait gives the gymnosperms their name, as the term "gymnosperm" literally means "naked seeds."