Question

Give general characters of cycadales.

Answer 1

General Characters of Cycadales: 1. The plant body is sporophytic, and the sporophyte is differentiated into well-developed roots, columnar and generally un-branched stem and pinnately compound leaves. ... Plants are dioecious without exception, and the reproductive organs are generally in the form of cones.

Answer 2

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General Characters of Cycadales:

1. The plant body is sporophytic, and the sporophyte is differentiated into well-developed roots, columnar and generally un-branched stem and pinnately compound leaves. ... Plants are dioecious without exception, and the reproductive organs are generally in the form of cones.

2. . Members exhibit xerophytic characters. The growth of cycads under xerophytic conditions is extremely slow. It has been estimated that a plant of Dioon grows only 2 to 2.5 metre in one thousand years under natural conditions.

3. Young leaves show circinate vernation.