Angiosperms

• Flowering plants with covered seeds.
• Angiosperms

  The most advanced plants
• Types of angiosperms

  • Monocots
  • Dicots
• Sporophyte Generation

  Dominant in angiosperms
• Angiosperms are NOT Thallus
• Monocots

  • Have adventitious roots
• Dicots

  • Have a taproot system with a main root and lateral roots
• Stem grows upright with nodes & internodes
• Stem bares its leaves & flowers in good positions to absorb enough sunlight and for easy pollination
• Vascular

  Refers to the plant's system for transporting water and nutrients
• Leaves

  Main organs for photosynthesis
• Flowers

  Sexual reproductive organs
• Stamens

  Male sex organs where pollen grains are produced (anther & filament)
• Pistils

  Female sex organs (stigma & style)
• Ovule


  Located in the ovary
• No water needed for reproduction in angiosperms
• Seeds are dispersed by

  • Wind
  • Water
  • Animals