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Answer» Important characters of gymnosperms : - Naked seed plants
- Stems branched or unbranched
- Leaves simple/ compound
- Heterosporous
- Spores produced within sporangia that are borne on a sporophyll which form strobili or cones
- Male and female cones are borne on the same or different trees.
- Microspores develop into highly reduced male gametophyte.
- Megaspores develop into female gametophyte that bears 2 or more archegonia/female sex organs.
- Male and female gametophytes do not have independent existence.
- Pollination by wind/air
- After fertilization, ovule develops into seeds and zygote develops into an embryo.
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