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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
Pinus rigios (Unger) EttinsghausenKvaèek, Teodoridis, Zajícová (2015) Pl. 1, fig. 5 EK238
Pinus silvestris p6133
Pinus EK239
PinusBùžek (1971), Pl. 7, fig. 8 ÈB47
Pinus RS32
Pinus RS33
Pinus RS30
Pinus RS29
Pinus RS31
Pinus RS28
PityophyllumKnobloch (1964), text. fig 2 p3310
Poacordaites ZŠ331
Poacordaites ZŠ337
Poacordaites ZŠ522
Pseudomariopteris busquetii ZŠ174
Pseudomariopteris ribeyroniifoto ZŠ318
Pteridospermopsida Oliver a Scott, 1904AD, Šimùnek et al. (2004) ZŠ352
Pteridospermopsida Oliver a Scott, 1904AD, Šimùnek et al. (2004) ZŠ354
Pteridospermopsida Oliver a Scott, 1904AD, ?imùnek et al. (2004) ZŠ355
Pteridospermopsida Oliver a Scott, 1904AD, Šimùnek et al. (2004) ZŠ353

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