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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
Culmitzschia angustifoliaOrig. Šimůnek et al. (2017), Pl. 3, fig. 10 ZŠ643
Culmitzschia angustifolia ZŠ698
Culmitzschia angustifoliaŠimůnek et al. (2017), Pl.3, fig. 9 ZŠ646
Culmitzschia angustifolia ZŠ647
Culmitzschia frondosaŠimůnek (2022), PL. 8, Fig. 2 ZŠ901
Culmitzschia frondosaŠimůnek (2022), PL. 8, Fig. 3 ZŠ902
Culmitzschia frondosa ZŠ906
Culmitzschia goeppertiana ZŠ665
Culmitzschia goeppertiana ZŠ666
Culmitzschia goeppertiana ZŠ664
Culmitzschia parvifoliaOrig. Šimůnek et al. (2017), Pl. 3, fig. 10 ZŠ643
Culmitzschia parvifolia ZŠ734
Culmitzschia parvifolia ZŠ711
Culmitzschia parvifoliafoto ZŠ199
Culmitzschia parvifoliaŠimůnek et al. (2017), Pl. 3, fig. 8 ZŠ654
Culmitzschia parvifolia ZŠ627
Culmitzschia parvifoliaŠimůnek a Martínek (2009), Pl. 3, fig. 4 ZŠ192
Culmitzschia parvifoliaŠimůnek a Martínek (2009), Pl. 2, fig. 8 ZŠ185
Culmitzschia parvifoliaŠimůnek a Martínek (2009), Pl. 2, fig. 7 ZŠ184
Culmitzschia parvifolia ZŠ677

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