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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
Aulacotheca idae Šimůnek&Drábková ZŠ501
Aulacotheca Halle, 1933 ZŠ503
Autunia confertaŠimůnek et al. (2022) Fig. 2 ZŠ911
Autunia conferta ZŠ194
Autunia conferta ZŠ868
Autunia confertaŠimůnek (2022), PL. 7, Fig. 3 ZŠ894
Autunia conferta ZŠ189
Autunia confertaŠimůnek at al. (2017), Pl. 2, fig.5 ZŠ631
Autunia naumannii ZŠ685
Autunia naumannii ZŠ686
Autunia naumanniiŠimůnek et al. (2017), Pl. 3, fig. 1 ZŠ638
Callipteridium armasii (Zeiller)Šimůnek (2008)Pl. 16, fig. 4; Šimůnek, Cleal (2020) fig. 2A ? ZŠ320
Callipteridium jongmansii ZŠ876
Cardiocarpus emarginatum Bret WA173
CardiocarpusŠimůnek et al. (2017), Pl. 5, fig. 6 ZŠ671
Cardiocarpus ZŠ737
Cardiocarpus ZŠ736
Cardiocarpus ZŠ720
Cardiocarpus ZŠ722
Cardiocarpus ZŠ745

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