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Which characteristic of the fern is still maintained in the Cycadophyta?

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Cycadophyta is primitive gymnosperms that envolve from ferns

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They still have flagellated sperm. The sperm are larger & multiflagellate to swim to the archegonia. 
No branching - no compression wood to support long branches so they don't sag. 
Large frond-like pinnate leaves. Pinnate compound leaves from a midline rachis to support the leaf blade. 
Leaves develop from apical growth.

gardengallivant · 7 years ago

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Cycads are a group of seed plants characterized by a large crown of compound leaves and a stout trunk. They are evergreen, gymnospermous,

Answer 2

Cycadophyta is a type of gymnosperm which can evolve from ferns. They are also called sycads. They typically have a woody trunk, long and stout stems and large evergreen leaves. Cycads differ in size from having stems only a few centimeters to meters tall. They are hard to be going for a very long period of time and some of them can leave of 1000 years of age.