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Angiospermy

Angiospermy involves enclosing the seed or seeds in a vessel, doubling of  fertilisation that results in extra food, the endosperm, being available for the growth of the embryo in the ovule, and the evolution of flowers.

Sources & Further reading

Mary E. White, The Greening of Gondwana, the 400 Million Year story of Australian Plants, Reed, 1994

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