Question

Give examples of cryptogams and phanerogams and why are they called so?

Answer 1

cryptogams means hidden marriage so having hidden reproductive organs n phanerogams means open marriage so having open reproductive organs n eg. of cryptogams are algae ,fungi bacteria,mosses ,ferns,etc. n of phanerogams are pea,wheat, pinus, etc.

Answer 2

Cryptogams :-

Include thallophytes, the bryophytes and the pteridophytes.

they have naked embryos in form of spores.

they are inconspicuous and therfore they are called Cryptogams or those with hidden reproductive organs.

Example chara and ulva

Phanerogams :-

Include gymnosperms and angiosperms.

well differentiated reproductive organs.

seeds may be enclosed or naked , embryos stored food for plants.

Example rose and money plant