Threatened species of cryptogams
Name(s):
Crytogammic plants under threat of extinction
Nature
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Background
Cryptogam is a term used to denote a plant that produces spores, as in algae, fungi, mosses, and ferns, but not seeds. The term cryptogam, from the Greek [kryptos], meaning "hidden," and [gamos], meaning "marriage," was coined by 19th-century botanists because the means of sexual reproduction in these plants was not then apparent. In contrast, in the seed plants the reproductive organs are easily seen; the seed plants have accordingly been termed phanerogams, from the Greek [phaneros], meaning "visible.".
Broader
Narrower
Type
(C) Cross-sectoral problems