Gymnosperms (Gymnospermae) are a group of seed-bearing plants with ovules borne on the edge or blade of an open sporophyll, the sporophylls usually arranged in cone-like structures. The other major ...

The Sago palm, Cycas revoluta, of course, is not a palm at all, but a gymnosperm, and thus more closely related to pine trees than palms. The botanist in me wants to remind you that gymnosperms are an ...

Gymnosperm means “naked seed” and comes from the same Greek root as gymnastics, which means to exercise naked. This group of plants is so named because the seeds are not enclosed inside an ovary, ...

Gymnosperms, of which there are around 1,026 species 3, are vascular plants, meaning that they contain a tubular tissue network that transports water and nutrients, and provides mechanical support.

India's first Gymnosperm garden, established by the Uttarakhand forest department, showcases 27 crucial Gymnosperm plant species including endangered varieties like Ginkgo and Thuner. The garden, ...

Established in the summer of 1997 by Christopher Earle, the Gymnosperm Database is about what you’d expect-a site full of information about conifers and related trees. Navigaton is simple . Users move ...

Who knew that the trees were at war? (At least, that’s the first image that came to mind when I read that the Gymnosperm Database is “the web’s premier source ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The role of polyploidy in gymnosperms has been evaluated. Polyploidy is found in the progeny of diploid species, in stray trees of otherwise ...

Named for Charles Darwin, the only known specimen of a newly discovered beetle, Darwinylus marcosi, died in a sticky gob of tree sap some 105 million years ago in what is now northern Spain. As it ...