Question

Male and female flowers of gymnosperms are borne on different sporophylls of the same plant . Explain Why

Answer 1

• Gymnosperms are flowerless plants producing naked seeds. 
• When male and female cones are present on same plant, it is called monoecious.
• Angiosperms, also called flowering plants, have seeds that are enclosed within an ovary (usually a fruit), while gymnosperms have no flowers o fruits
• The fruit covering on the seed gives angiosperms an advantage over gymnosperms because they have better protection.

Answer 2

Answer:Pine trees are conifers (coniferous = cone bearing) and carry both male and female sporophylls on the same mature sporophyte. Therefore, they are monoecious plants. Like all gymnosperms, pines are heterosporous and generate two different types of spores (male microspores and female megaspores).

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