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angiosperm

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A plant which has its seeds inclosed in a pericarp.

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A consensus about how the flowering plants should be arranged has recently begun to emerge through the work of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG), which published an influential reclassification of the angiosperms in 1998. Source: Internet

An example of a modern classification is the one published in 2009 by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group for all living flowering plant families (the APG III system ). Source: Internet

"An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III". Source: Internet

Flowers show remarkable variation in form and elaboration, and provide the most trustworthy external characteristics for establishing relationships among angiosperm species. Source: Internet

APG IV classification Based on the 4th version of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification. Source: Internet

Etymologically, angiosperm means a plant that produces seeds within an enclosure, in other words, a fruiting plant. Source: Internet

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