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  • Seed-Producing Plants: Angiosperms & Gymnosperms Explained
    The plants that produce seeds are called angiosperms and gymnosperms.

    Here's a breakdown:

    Angiosperms

    * Definition: Flowering plants, the most diverse group of plants. They produce flowers, which contain the reproductive organs (stamens and pistils).

    * Seeds: Enclosed within a fruit.

    * Examples: Apples, oranges, roses, tulips, sunflowers, corn, wheat, rice.

    Gymnosperms

    * Definition: Non-flowering plants with seeds exposed on the surface of cones.

    * Seeds: Typically found in cones, not enclosed within a fruit.

    * Examples: Conifers (pines, spruces, firs, cedars), cycads, ginkgoes.

    Other plants that don't produce seeds:

    * Ferns: Reproduce through spores.

    * Mosses: Reproduce through spores.

    * Liverworts: Reproduce through spores.

    * Algae: Reproduce through spores or by dividing into two identical halves.

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