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Gymnosperms

      The gymnosperms are a group of seed-bearing plants that includes conifers, cycads, Ginkgo, and Gnetales. The term "gymnosperm" comes from the Greek word gymnospermos (γυμνόσπερμος), meaning "naked seeds", after the unenclosed condition of their seeds (called ovules in their unfertilized state). Their naked condition stands in contrast to the seeds or ovules of flowering plants (angiosperms), which are enclosed during pollination. Gymnosperm seeds develop either on the surface of scale- or leaf-like appendages of cones, or at the end of short stalks (Ginkgo). The gymnosperms and angiosperms together comprise the spermatophytes or seed plants. By far the largest group of living gymnosperms are the conifers (pines, cypresses, and relatives), followed by cycads, Gnetales (Gnetophyta, Ephedra and Welwitschia), and Ginkgo (a single living species).

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnosperms
Walchia goeppertiana ZŠ628
Walchia goeppertiana ZŠ717
Walchia goeppertiana ZŠ649
Walchia goeppertiana ZŠ658
Walchia (Lebachia) piniformis p5071
Walchia (Lebachia) piniformis p5067
Walchia nov. sp. BŠimůnek (2022), PL. 8, Fig. 5 ZŠ904
Walchia piniformis ZŠ631
Walchia piniformis ZŠ731
Walchia piniformis ZŠ740
Walchia piniformis ZŠ645
Walchia piniformis ZŠ737
Walchia piniformis ZŠ736
Walchia piniformis ZŠ689
Walchia piniformisŠimůnek et al. (2017), Pl. 4, fig. 3 ZŠ644
Walchia piniformisŠimůnek et al. (2017), Pl. 5, fig. 1 ZŠ663
Walchia piniformis ZŠ694
Walchia piniformis ZŠ718
Walchia piniformisŠimůnek a Martínek (2009), Pl. 1, fig. 9 ZŠ176
Walchia Budil, 2011Šimůnek et al. (2017), Pl. 5, fig. 2 ZŠ637

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