In this group, the plant body is differentiated into roots, stem and leaves and has specialised tissue for the conduction of water and other substances from one part of the plant body to another.
Some examples are Marsilea, ferns and horse-tails .
The reproductive organs of plants in all these three groups are very inconspicuous, and they are therefore called ‘cryptogams’, or ‘those with hidden reproductive organs’.
On the other hand, plants with well differentiated reproductive parts that ultimately make seeds are called phanerogams. Seeds are the result of sexual reproduction process. They consist of the embryo along with stored food, which assists for the initial growth of the embryo during germination. This group is further classified, based on whether the seeds are naked or enclosed in fruits, giving us two groups:
gymnosperms and angiosperms.
