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Chloroplasts (green discs) and accumulated starch granules in cells of Bryum capillare. Botanically, mosses are non-vascular plants in the land plant division Bryophyta. They are usually small (a few centimeters tall) herbaceous (non-woody) plants that absorb water and nutrients mainly through their leaves and harvest carbon dioxide and sunlight to create food by photosynthesis.
Gnetophyta (/ n ɛ ˈ t ɒ f ɪ t ə, ˈ n ɛ t oʊ f aɪ t ə /) is a division of plants (alternatively considered the subclass Gnetidae or order Gnetales), grouped within the gymnosperms (which also includes conifers, cycads, and ginkgos), that consists of some 70 species across the three relict genera: Gnetum (family Gnetaceae), Welwitschia (family Welwitschiaceae), and Ephedra (family ...
Ginkgo is a genus of non-flowering seed plants, assigned to the gymnosperms. The scientific name is also used as the English common name. The order to which the genus belongs, Ginkgoales, first appeared in the Permian, [3] 270 million years ago, and Ginkgo is now the only living genus within the order. The rate of evolution within the genus has ...
Asian ginseng may affect glucose metabolism and lower blood sugar levels, but the poor quality of research prevents conclusions about such effects. [114] Papaver somniferum. Opium poppy. The plant is the plant source of morphine, used for pain relief.
There are 5 species of cycad listed as Extinct in the Wild: Encephalartos brevifoliolatus, Escarpment cycad. Encephalartos heenanii, Heenan's Cycad. Encephalartos nubimontanus, Blue cycad. Encephalartos relictus, Parlota cycad. Encephalartos woodii, Wood's cycad. Encephalartos woodii is known only from its type specimen, which was discovered in ...
The non-encased condition of their seeds contrasts with the seeds and ovules of flowering plants (angiosperms), which are enclosed within an ovary. Gymnosperm seeds develop either on the surface of scales or leaves , which are often modified to form cones , or on their own as in yew , Torreya , and Ginkgo . [ 2 ]
Non-vascular plants are plants without a vascular system consisting of xylem and phloem. Instead, they may possess simpler tissues that have specialized functions for the internal transport of water. [citation needed] Non-vascular plants include two distantly related groups: treat as three separate land-plant divisions, namely: Bryophyta ...
Lady's smock – Cardamine pratensis. Lamb's foot – Plantago major. Latanier palm – Phoenicophorium. Laurel magnolia – Magnolia splendens. Lavender – Lavandula. Leek – Allium. Lemon – Citrus × limon. Leopard lily – Lilium catesbaei. Lily of the Nile – Agapanthus praecox.