The receptive part of the gymnosperm ovule is called the micropyle. From Wordnik.com. [Pollination] Reference
The dry forests have only one gymnosperm and none of these other taxa. From Wordnik.com. [New Caledonia dry forests] Reference
The only gymnosperm tree, Podocarpus (= Nageia) wallichianus, is also endemic. From Wordnik.com. [Biological diversity in the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka] Reference
The distribution of this relict gymnosperm extends from the Kuiseb River in Namibia to Namibe in southern Angola. From Wordnik.com. [Namib desert] Reference
The gingko is a species of gymnosperm known as a “living fossil,” because it is the only living species in its group. From Wordnik.com. [ACSI v. Stearns, aka Wendell Bird vs. UC - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Near the coast the typical dry forests give way to stands of Cycas circinalis, the only gymnosperm typical of the ecoregion. From Wordnik.com. [New Caledonia dry forests] Reference
There are 794 angiosperm genera, 77% of China's total angiosperm species, 24 gymnosperm, 70 pteridophyte and 102 bryophyte genera. From Wordnik.com. [The Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries, China] Reference
The relict gymnosperm Welwitschia mirabilis, which represents the sole surviving member of its family, is found throughout the ecoregion. From Wordnik.com. [Kaokoveld desert] Reference
Shady conditions at ground level favor woody climbers that include strangler figs (Ficus spp.) and the cablelike Gnetum, an unusual climbing gymnosperm. From Wordnik.com. [Kayah-Karen montane rain forests] Reference
Dominant species include the cold-tolerant, xerophytic shrub, Haloxylon ammodendron (Goosefoot Family Chenopodiaceae), the tamarisk (Reaumuria spp.), and the gymnosperm Ephedra przewalski. From Wordnik.com. [Qaidam Basin semi-desert] Reference
The famous relict gymnosperm Welwitschia mirabilis is also found throughout the ecoregion, and it is often the most conspicuous feature of the vegetation, scattered about the arid plains at intervals of 50 to 100 m. From Wordnik.com. [Kaokoveld desert] Reference
It grows cones because it is a gymnosperm (conifer). From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
The relative placement of gymnosperm groups changes as outgroup taxa are excluded or rooting is forced on certain seed plant taxa. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
This perspective however is too coarse, as many niche shifts occur within sublineages (including many gymnosperm-angiospem shifts). From Wordnik.com. [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference
An increase in total characters, but especially an increase in phylogenetically informative characters, would augment both apparent and hidden support in all gymnosperm clades, and provide stronger support for inferences on the hierarchical relationships among the taxa involved. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
The observation that a denser ingroup taxon sampling did not have a major effect on tree topology beyond a certain point, but a change in outgroup taxa identity and number did make gymnosperm relationships vary significantly, stimulated us to look at outgroup choice in more detail. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
It explains the inevitable development of gymnosperm into angiosperm by the checked vegetative growth of the ovule-bearing leaf or carpel; while such minor adaptations as the splitting fruit of the geranium or the cupped stigma of the pansy, can be no longer looked upon as achievements of natural selection, but must be regarded as naturally traceable to the vegetative checking of their respective types of leaf organ. From Wordnik.com. [Darwinism (1889)] Reference
Viti Levu and ‘Eua still share the Gondwanic gymnosperm genus, Podocarpus. From Wordnik.com. [Fiji tropical moist forests] Reference
A number of Fiji’s 10 gymnosperm species are considered endangered including the endemics Podocarpus affinis, Acmophyle sahniana, and Dacrydium nausoriense. From Wordnik.com. [Fiji tropical moist forests] Reference
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