• Largest and smallest
• Eucalyptus regnans, a tree almost 100 m tall
• Wolffia arrhiza, a rootless floating freshwater plant under 2 mm across … 展开

The botanical term "angiosperm", from Greek words angeíon (ἀγγεῖον 'bottle, vessel') and spérma (σπέρμα 'seed'), was coined in the form "Angiospermae" by Paul Hermann in 1690, including only flowering plants whose se… 展开

The characteristic feature of angiosperms is the flower. Its function is to ensure fertilization of the ovule and development of fruit containing seeds. It may arise terminally on a shoot or from the axil of a leaf. The flower-bearing p… 展开

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Balfour, Isaac Bayley; Rendle, Alfred Barton (1911). "Angiosperms". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge … 展开