• Largest and smallest
• Eucalyptus regnans, a tree almost 100 m tall
• Wolffia arrhiza, a rootless floating freshwater plant … See more

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 who… See more

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-beari… See more

Agriculture is almost entirely dependent on angiosperms, which provide virtually all plant-based food and livestock feed. Much of this food derives from a small number of flowering plant families. For instance, half of the world's … See more

• 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.). Camb… See more