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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
Eusphenopteris ZŠ816
Eusphenopteris ZŠ834
Eusphenopteris ZŠ844
Eusphenopteris ZŠ835
Frenelopsis alataKnobloch (1967), Pl. XIII, fig. 3 p4905
Geinitzia cretaceaAD, Knobloch (1964) p2962
Geinitzia cretaceaAD, Knobloch (1964) p2949
Givesia media ZŠ499
Givesia media ZŠ500
Glyptostrobus europaeus p2670
Glyptostrobus europaeusBùžek (1971), Pl. 7, fig. 5, 6 ÈB4
Glyptostrobus europaeusBùžek (1971), Pl. 7, fig. 3, 4 ÈB3
Glyptostrobus europaeusAD, Bùžek (1971) ÈB31
Glyptostrobus europaeusAD Bùžek (1971) ÈB348
Glyptostrobus europaeus p2661
Glyptostrobus europaeus p2672
Glyptostrobus europaeusBùžek (1971), Pl. 7, fig. 7 ÈB10
Glyptostrobus europaeusAD, Bùžek (1971) ÈB32
Glyptostrobus europaeusBù?ek, Holý, Kvaèek (1976)Pl. II, fig. 4 ÈB678
Gomphostrobus bifidusŠimùnek (2017), Pl. 5, fig. 5 ZŠ660

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