Lesson 11 of 12 · 5 min
Angiosperms
NCERT §3.5
On the last day the club visits an orchard. Meera cuts open a guava and counts the seeds packed inside, then compares it with a pine cone from the day before, where the seeds sat open on the scales.
The lesson in notes
In short
In angiosperms, the flowering plants, pollen grains and ovules develop in specialised structures called flowers. The ovules are not naked as in gymnosperms.
The seeds of angiosperms are enclosed in fruits.
Angiosperms form an exceptionally large group that lives in a wide range of habitats.
They range in size from the tiny Wolffia to Eucalyptus trees taller than 100 metres.
They give us food, fodder, fuel, medicines and many other commercially important products.
The group splits into two classes: monocotyledons and dicotyledons.