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Seedless Plants |
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The plant kingdom can be divided into two categories: the more primitive seedless plants, and the younger, more complex
seed-forming plants. We’ll begin our survey with two groups of seedless plants, the
mosses and the ferns.As the name implies, members
of these groups do not form seeds. Remember that a seed is a structure that protects the
delicate plant embryo and contains carbohydrate reserves to nourish the plant during
germination. In seedless plants, the developing embryo is not enclosed within a seed.
Seedless plants all require the presence of water for
reproduction, so they are most common in wet, humid environments.
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