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The most diverse, successful, and familiar group of plants today are the

angiosperms

A plant with parallel veins and floral parts in threes or multiples of three would be classified as a

monocot

The endosperm of an angiosperm seed is typically

triploid (3n)

Why are bees important to the reproductive success of flowering plants?

Bees carry pollen to other plants

What do the large female cones of a pine tree contain?

Megasporangia

Which part of a flowering plant is the immature male gametophyte?

Pollen grain

What are the major features of seeds and the seed plants?

Seed plants produce ovules, each of which is a megasporangium surrounded by layers of sporophyte tissue called integuments that enclose the megasporangium.

What type of root system is prevalent of eudicots?

Taproot

Recent studies of gene function as it relates to reproductive development suggest that angiosperms evolved most directly from

conifers

What groups are considered "seed plants"?

heterosporous

Which statement about gymnosperms and angiosperms is FALSE?

Both groups have free-living gametophytes.

Most conifers have separate male and female reproductive parts on the same tree. This condition is referred to as

monoecious