Cryptogam vs. Phanerogam

Cryptogamnoun

Any plant that reproduces using spores (rather than seeds), formerly placed in the taxonomic group Cryptogamae, which included ferns, mosses, algae, fungi, lichens and liverworts.

Cryptogamnoun

A plant belonging to the Cryptogamia.

Cryptogamnoun

formerly recognized taxonomic group including all flowerless and seedless plants that reproduce by means of spores: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi

Cryptogam

A cryptogam (scientific name Cryptogamae) is a plant (in the wide sense of the word) or a plant-like organism that reproduces by spores, without flowers or seeds. (Greek κρυπτός kryptos, + γαμέω, gameein, ) means , referring to the fact that no seed is produced, thus cryptogams represent the non-seed bearing plants.

Phanerogamnoun

(botany) Any plant that produces seeds (rather than spores).

Phanerogamnoun

plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores