Definition of Spermatophyta. Meaning of Spermatophyta. Synonyms of Spermatophyta

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Definition of Spermatophyta

Spermatophyta
Spermatophyta Sper`ma*toph"y*ta, n. pl. [NL.; spermato- + Gr. ? plant.] (Bot.) A phylum embracing the highest plants, or those that produce seeds; the seed plants, or flowering plants. They form the most numerous group, including over 120,000 species. In general, the group is characterized by the marked development of the sporophyte, with great differentiation of its parts (root, stem, leaves, flowers, etc.); by the extreme reduction of the gametophyte; and by the development of seeds. All the Spermatophyta are heterosporous; fertilization of the egg cell is either through a pollen tube emitted by the microspore or (in a few gymnosperms) by spermatozoids. Note: The phrase ``flowering plants' is less distinctive than ``seed plants,' since the conifers, grasses, sedges, oaks, etc., do not produce flowers in the popular sense. For this reason the terms Anthrophyta, Ph[ae]nogamia, and Panerogamia have been superseded as names of the phylum by Spermatophyta.

Meaning of Spermatophyta from wikipedia

- division, with classes for the five groups:[citation needed] Division ****tophyta Cycadopsida, the cycads Ginkgoopsida, the ginkgo Pinopsida, the conifers...
- (euphyllophytes) Infradivision Moniliformopses (monilophytes) Infradivision ****tophyta - seed plants, ~260,000 species where the monilophytes comprise about...
- W. B. (1938). "The Expansion Of Taxonomy With Special Reference To ****tophyta". Biological Reviews. 13 (4): 342–373. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185X.1938...
- (euphyllophytes) Infradivision Moniliformopses (monilophytes) Infradivision ****tophyta – seed plants, ~260,000 species Subdivision Lycopodiophyta (lycophytes)...
- "Ericaceae". In CGGJ van Steenis (ed.). Flora Malesiana. Series I, ****tophyta (vol. 6 pt. 4). Djakarta: Noordhoff-Kolff. pp. 469–656. doi:10.5962/bhl...
- †Trimerophytophyta Polypodiophyta †Progymnospermophyta Superdivision ****tophyta †Pterido****tophyta Pinophyta Cycadophyta Ginkgophyta Gnetophyta Magnoliophyta...
- Gustav Hegi. Illustrated flora of Central Europe. Volume 4 Part 2B: ****tophyta: Angio****e: Dicotyledones 2 (3). Rosaceae 2 . Blackwell 1995. ISBN...
- groups remains uncertain. It has been placed loosely in the divisions ****tophyta and Pinophyta, but no consensus has been reached. Since its seeds are...
- proposal to conserve Brachycome was rejected in 1993 by the Committee for ****tophyta. One of the annual plains species, Brachyscome dichromosomatica, is...
- Luxembourg, Northern France and neighboring areas (Pteridophyta and ****tophyta), Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium, 6 th ed., 2012, 1195 p...