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Any plant or plant-like organism that reproduces by spores, without flowers or seeds
A cryptogam (scientific name Cryptogamae) is a plant, in the broad sense of the word, or a plant-like organism that shares similar characteristics, such
Cryptogam
Cryptogam Ridge (60°43′S 45°40′W / 60.717°S 45.667°W / -60.717; -45.667) is an east–west ridge lying south of Cummings Cove in Signy Island, South
Cryptogam_Ridge
Plants that reproduce with seeds
Greek φανερός (phanerós), meaning "visible", in contrast to the term "cryptogam" or "cryptogamae" (from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós) 'hidden', and
Seed_plant
Part of Antarctica that lies within the Eastern Hemisphere
while the Barwick Valley, one of the Dry Valleys, Mount Rittmann, and Cryptogam Ridge on Mount Melbourne are specially protected areas for their undisturbed
East_Antarctica
Organism belonging to kingdom Fungi
A fungus (pl.: fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes yeasts, molds, as well as mushrooms. These organisms
Fungus
British naturalist (1899–1972)
bryologist, and lichenologist. He made contributions to the study of cryptogams, particularly in Leicestershire and Rutland. Born in Leicester, Sowter
Frederick_Archibald_Sowter
Part of a plant producing and containing male gametes
called an androecium. Antheridia are present in the gametophyte phase of cryptogams like bryophytes and ferns. Many algae and some fungi, for example, ascomycetes
Antheridium
Genus of algae
who was a British botanist (Algology, Bryology and Pteridology) and cryptogam researcher. The genus was circumscribed by Frederik Christian Emil Børgesen
Geppella
Sex of an organism that produces ovums
gonochoric in animals, as dioecious in seed plants and as dioicous in cryptogams. In some species, female and hermaphrodite individuals may coexist, a
Female
Plant structure, detaches and drifts
strategy is not limited to the seed plants; some species of spore-bearing cryptogams—such as Selaginella—form tumbleweeds, and some fungi that resemble puffballs
Tumbleweed
Sex of an organism which produces sperm
gonochoric in animals, as dioecious in seed plants and as dioicous in cryptogams. Males can coexist with hermaphrodites, a sexual system called androdioecy
Male
species more commonly known as weeds. There are an estimated 150,000 cryptogam species or nonvascular plants which include lichens, and fungi although
Flora_of_Western_Australia
United States botanist (1814–1887)
17, 1887) was an American planter and botanist. He studied fungi and cryptogams in South Carolina, discovering a large number of new species. The genus
Henry_William_Ravenel
Study of plant life
(gymnosperms, including the pines, and flowering plants) and the free-sporing cryptogams including ferns, clubmosses, liverworts, hornworts and mosses. Embryophytes
Botany
Swiss clergyman and botanist (1798–1885)
meantime playing an active role in botany. He specialized in research of cryptogams, including studies of European and exotic mosses, and taxonomic work involving
Jean_Étienne_Duby
Vertical layering of a habitat
15 metres in height in what is variously described as a moss, soil or cryptogam layer. The ground itself is covered by a layer of dead plant and animal
Stratification_(vegetation)
Spore-bearing vascular plants recorded from South Africa
produce neither flowers nor seeds, they are sometimes referred to as "cryptogams", meaning that their means of reproduction is hidden. Ferns, horsetails
List of pteridophytes of South Africa
List_of_pteridophytes_of_South_Africa
Genus of liverworts
(Josef) Bernard Jack (1818-1901), who was a German apothecary and botanist (Cryptogam and Bryophytes). The genus was circumscribed by Viktor Felix Schiffner
Jackiella
Stratovolcano in the Antarctic
terranovensis from Cryptogam Ridge and also from Mount Rittmann volcano. Bacillus fumarioli from Cryptogam Ridge. Bacillus thermoantarcticus from Cryptogam Ridge,
Mount_Melbourne
Italian botanist (1679–1737)
mycology. He discovered the spores of mushrooms, was a leading authority on cryptogams, and coined several important genera of microfungi including Aspergillus
Pier_Antonio_Micheli
Ecosystems found in mountains
life-forms include prostrate shrubs; tussock-forming graminoids; and cryptogams, such as bryophytes and lichens. Plants have adapted to the harsh alpine
Montane_ecosystem
System of taxonomy of the cryptogams
A system of taxonomy of the cryptogams, the Smith system was published in: Smith, G.M. (1938). Cryptogamic Botany, vol. 1. Algae and fungi. McGraw-Hill
Smith_system
Group of vascular plants that reproduce by spores
produce neither flowers nor seeds, they are sometimes referred to as "cryptogams", meaning that their means of reproduction is hidden. They are also the
Pteridophyte
Historical commune in the western suburbs of Paris
from Versailles, found the sulfur treatment to destroy the catastrophic cryptogam once and for all). However, some customs had already disappeared, such
History_of_Suresnes
German mycologist (1839–1905)
and produced some of the first accessible handbooks on German fungi and cryptogams. Despite lacking formal university training, he received an honorary doctorate
Friedrich_Otto_Wünsche
Archipelago in the north-western Pacific Ocean
species of plants have been introduced. Owing to the moistness of the soil cryptogams are numerous, as are also most kinds of grasses. On most of the islands
Mariana_Islands
Hungarian physician
schoenleinii in Schönlein's honor. In 1842 he described a microscopic cryptogam (Trichophyton ectothrix) that is associated with a dermatological disease
David_Gruby
System of belief inspired by Allan Kardec
atheism, pride, and selfishness incarnated in primitive worlds as "fleshy cryptogams" (creeping animals resembling slugs), which represents the doctrine of
Kardecist_spiritism
All Latin and Greek roots beginning with G
cryptanalysis, crypteia, cryptic, cryptobiosis, cryptobiotic, cryptochrome, cryptogam, cryptogenic, cryptography, cryptology, cryptomonad, cryptophyte, cryptosystem
List of Greek and Latin roots in English/A–G
List_of_Greek_and_Latin_roots_in_English/A–G
Class of vascular plants
Systems. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-94139-4. Awasthi, D.K. (2009). "7.21". Cryptogams (Algae, Bryophyta and Pterldophyta). Meerut, India: Krishna Prakashan
Lycopodiopsida
French botanist and plant collector
some 3,000 plant species to the colony, by his reckoning, while studying cryptogams, ferns, and orchids. He also sent lichens from Mauritius to the German
Jean_Michel_Claude_Richard
Several substances believed to confer immortality in Taoism
the wide-ranging meaning of zhi as "excrescences", "exudations", and "cryptogams". Translating Chinese zhi (芝) is problematic. For instance, a 2017 Chinese–English
Zhi_(excrescences)
Plant without a vascular system
since both groups are polyphyletic and may be used to include vascular cryptogams, such as the ferns and fern allies that reproduce using spores. Non-vascular
Non-vascular_plant
Active volcanic island in the South Shetland archipelago
Kroner Lake (site K) is another known-age site being colonised by numerous cryptogam species, and with a unique algal community on the lake shore. South East
Deception_Island
German botanist
is known for his particular observations of sexual reproduction in the cryptogams. Many of his writings were in Latin, and his name is rendered in Latin
Johann_Hedwig
Western North American flowering plant
(1955). Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. Vol. Part 1: Vascular Cryptogams, Gymnosperms, and Monocotyledons. Seattle, Washington: University of Washington
Toxicoscordion_venenosum
Island in Lyakhovsky Islands, Russia
mixture of rush/grass, forb, cryptogam tundra, cryptogam herb barren, and sedge/grass, moss wetland. The rush/grass, forb, cryptogam tundra covers the bulk
Bolshoy_Lyakhovsky_Island
British botanist and taxonomist (1827–1893)
taxonomist in the late 19th century. He was a specialist in bryophytes, cryptogams, fungi and lichens, and wrote extensively on these subjects. With William
Benjamin_Carrington
English banker, botanist and antiquary (1775-1858)
English banker, botanist and antiquary. He specialized in the botany of cryptogams and was the father-in-law of the botanist William Jackson Hooker and of
Dawson_Turner
French soldier and botanist (1796–1878)
distributing numbered sets of herbarium specimens. Durieu de Maisonneuve studied cryptogam species with Bory de Saint-Vincent, Camille Montagne (1784–1866), Joseph-Henri
Michel Charles Durieu de Maisonneuve
Michel_Charles_Durieu_de_Maisonneuve
Symbiosis of fungi with algae
Common lichen growth forms A lichen (/ˈlaɪkən/ LY-kən, UK also /ˈlɪtʃən/ LITCH-ən) is a hybrid colony of algae or cyanobacteria living symbiotically among
Lichen
Public research university in Portugal
research in all areas of botany especially of Iberian and Macaronesian cryptogams. It was established in 1944. Until 1999, the journal was published in
University_of_Lisbon
Biome found at high altitudes
include prostrate shrubs; tussock-forming graminoids; cushion plants; and cryptogams, such as bryophytes and lichens. Relative to lower elevation areas in
Alpine_tundra
Federal city of Switzerland
Orthoptera Ludwig Fischer (1828–1907) – botanist, researched phanerogams and cryptogams Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier (1840–1914) – American archaeologist
Bern
Island
Carboniferous, tropical, marine invertebrate fossils. Rush/grass, forb, cryptogam tundra covers the Zhokhov Island. It is tundra consisting mostly of very
Zhokhov_Island
and brittle. crustose Forming a closely applied surface layer or crust. cryptogam Any of the "lower plants" which produce spores and do not have stamens
Glossary_of_botanical_terms
Museum in Paris, France
for study into Spermatophytes, plants which reproduce with seeds, and cryptogams, plants which reproduce with spores, such as algae, lichens and mushrooms
National Museum of Natural History, France
National_Museum_of_Natural_History,_France
Small land plant spores that develop into male gametophytes
are part of the alternation of generations in many seedless vascular cryptogams, all gymnosperms and all angiosperms. Plants with heterosporous life cycles
Microspore
Genus of lichen-forming fungi
lichen genus (Teloschistaceae, lichen-forming Ascomycota) from India". Cryptogam Biodiversity and Assessment. S2018: 22–31. Li, Lijuan; Zhang, Yanyun;
Upretia
All Latin and Greek roots beginning with G
anisogamete, anisogamy, apogamy, autogamy, cleistogamous, cleistogamy, cryptogam, deuterogamist, deuterogamy, digamous, digamy, endogamous, endogamy, exogamous
List of Greek and Latin roots in English/G
List_of_Greek_and_Latin_roots_in_English/G
Swiss botanist and bryologist (1947–2000)
to the study of liverworts and alpine plants. She served as curator of cryptogams at the Geneva Botanical Garden for over two decades and was known for
Patricia_Geissler
Phylum of photosynthesising prokaryotes
Mycoplasma, and Rickettsias". Text Book of Botany Diversity of Microbes And Cryptogams. Rastogi Publications. p. 72. ISBN 978-81-7133-889-4. "Differences between
Cyanobacteria
Species of tree
History of the Region, Its Plant Geography and a Glossary. The Vascular Cryptogams and the Gymnosperms (First ed.). Bronx, New York: New York Botanical Garden
Blue_spruce
Argentine botanist (1911–1999)
24 December 1999) was an Argentine botanist dedicated to the study of cryptogams and phycology. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1958 for his
Oscar_Kühnemann
Species of lichen
(Lecanorales, Ascomycota) from India with addition distributional records". Cryptogam Biodiversity and Assessment. 2 (02): 18–40. doi:10.21756/cab.v2i02.11117
Parmotrema_abnuens
closed-open set contrail, from condensation and trail cryptochrome, from cryptogam and chromatic cultivar, from cultivated and variety cyborg, from cybernetic
List_of_portmanteaus
Species of lichen
(Lecanorales, Ascomycota) from India with addition distributional records". Cryptogam Biodiversity and Assessment. 2 (02): 18–40. doi:10.21756/cab.v2i02.11117
Parmotrema_upretii
Published sets of preserved botanical specimens distributed with printed labels
exsiccatae of algae, lichenes, hepaticae, and musci. Introduction, I. General Cryptogams, II. Algae, III. Lichens. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(1): 1-174. Sayre
Exsiccata
Plant species in the lily family
C. H., A.J. Cronquist, F. M. Ownbey & J. W. Thompson. 1969. Vascular Cryptogams, Gymnosperms, and Monocotyledons. 1: 1–914. In C. L. Hitchcock Vascular
Erythronium_grandiflorum
German lichenologist
chemistry and chemotaxonomy. He is the Associate Curator and Head of Cryptogams and Chair of the Department of Botany at the Field Museum of Natural History
Helge_Thorsten_Lumbsch
Genus of lichens
the Ukrainian botanist Aleksandr Vasiljevich Fomin, who specialised in cryptogams. Fominiella is in the subfamily Xanthorioideae of the family Teloschistaceae
Fominiella
British naturalist (1627–1705)
catalogue, began with the division between the imperfect or lower plants (Cryptogams), and perfect (planta perfecta) higher plants (Seed plants). The latter
John_Ray
French physician and naturalist
(1778–1846) he expressed his enthusiasm for botany specializing in the study of cryptogams, the ferns and other plants that reproduce through spores. Then the shells
Jean-Pierre Sylvestre de Grateloup
Jean-Pierre_Sylvestre_de_Grateloup
Species of lichen
(Lecanorales, Ascomycota) from India with addition distributional records". Cryptogam Biodiversity and Assessment. 2 (2): 18–40. doi:10.21756/cab.v2i02.11117
Parmotrema_awasthii
Order of plant pathogens
in MycoBank. Singh (2010). Text Book of Botany. Diversity of Microbes and Cryptogams. Rastogi Publications. p. 264. ISBN 978-81-7133-889-4. v t e v t e
Peronosporales
List of lists of flowering plants recorded from South Africa
Marchantiophyta (liverworts (376)), Pinophyta (conifers (33)), and Pteridophyta (cryptogams (408)). The flowering plant diversity checklists include historical taxa
Lists of flowering plants of South Africa
Lists_of_flowering_plants_of_South_Africa
Genus of fungi in the family Didymosphaeriaceae
in honour of Jakub Kalmus (1834 - 1870), who was a Bohemian doctor and Cryptogam researcher, who was a friend of the plant author. The genus was circumscribed
Kalmusia
Species distribution extending around the North or South pole
hdl:10347/2341. Hultén, Eric (1962). The circumpolar plants. 1, Vascular cryptogams, conifers, monocotyledons. Stockholm, Sweden: Almqvist & Wiksell. Hultén
Circumpolar_distribution
Indian lichenologist
the lichenology laboratory. He serves as managing editor of the journal Cryptogam Biodiversity and Assessment, and editor of ILS eLetters, both published
Sanjeeva_Nayaka
Scottish botanist (1773–1858)
and libraries. During this period Brown was especially interested in cryptogams, and these would be the subject of Brown's first, albeit unattributed
Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)
Robert_Brown_(botanist,_born_1773)
Species of lichen
diversity in the Eastern Himalaya biodiversity hotspot region, India". Cryptogam Biodiversity and Assessment (1): 71–114 [107]. doi:10.21756/cab.esp9 (inactive
Hypotrachyna_neosingularis
Species of lichen
Dinabandhu (2018). "New records and an updated key of Pyrenula from India". Cryptogam Biodiversity and Assessment (1): 37–46 [43]. doi:10.21756/cab.esp7 (inactive
Pyrenula_lineatostroma
Form and structure of a phylum
OCLC 40395794. Singh. Text Book of Botany Diversity of Microbes And Cryptogams. Rastogi Publications. ISBN 978-81-7133-889-4. "Differences between Bacteria
Cyanobacterial_morphology
Island in Lyakhovsky Islands, Russia
Sooam Biotech Research Foundation in cloning a mammoth. Rush/grass, forb, cryptogam tundra covers Maly Lyakhovsky Island. It is tundra consisting mostly of
Maly_Lyakhovsky_Island
Species of lichen
contigua (Acarosporaceae, Ascomycetes), a lichenized fungus new to India". Cryptogam Biodiversity and Assessment. 5 (1): 1–5. doi:10.21756/cab.v5i1.1 (inactive
Acarospora_contigua
Italian botanist (1805–1877)
January 1877) was an Italian botanist generally known for his work with cryptogams native to Italy. Born 18 April 1805, in Milan, he studied medicine at
Giuseppe_De_Notaris
River in England
William Richardson (1903). Flora of Derbyshire: Flowering Plants, Higher Cryptogams, Mosses and Hepatics, Characeae. Bemrose. Green, Alexander Henry; Foster
Hood_Brook
Species of flowering plant
C. H., A.J. Cronquist, F. M. Ownbey & J. W. Thompson. 1969. Vascular Cryptogams, Gymnosperms, and Monocotyledons. 1: 1–914. In C. L. Hitchcock, Vascular
Allium_nigrum
1999 British documentary television series
recruit various skillsets. Geoffrey Tandy, a marine biologist expert in Cryptogams, was selected when someone confused these with cryptograms. The youthfulness
Station_X_(British_TV_series)
Organ of the gametophyte of certain plants, producing and containing the ovum
although in the hornworts they are embedded. In bryophytes and other cryptogams, sperm reach the archegonium by swimming in water films, whereas in Pinophyta
Archegonium
Species of conifer
C. H., A.J. Cronquist, F. M. Ownbey & J. W. Thompson. 1969. Vascular Cryptogams, Gymnosperms, and Monocotyledons. 1: 1–914. In C. L. Hitchcock's Vascular
Taxus_brevifolia
Species of lichen
diversity in the Eastern Himalaya biodiversity hotspot region, India". Cryptogam Biodiversity and Assessment (1): 71–114. doi:10.21756/cab.v3i01.esp9 (inactive
Aderkomyces_sikkimensis
Swiss botanist and mycologist (1893–1963)
Phytopathologische Zeitschrift and Fortschritte der Botanik. He also presided over the Cryptogam Commission of the Swiss Society of Natural Sciences, overseeing extensive
Ernst_Albert_Gäumann
Species of flowering plant
C. H., A.J. Cronquist, F. M. Ownbey & J. W. Thompson. 1969. Vascular Cryptogams, Gymnosperms, and Monocotyledons. 1: 1–914. In C. L. Hitchcock Vascular
Allium_aaseae
Wendy Nelson; Sung Min Boo; Antonella Petrocelli (1 July 2021). "Cryptic cryptogam revealed: Hypnea corona (Gigartinales: Cystocloniaceae), a new red algal
List of species named after the COVID-19 pandemic
List_of_species_named_after_the_COVID-19_pandemic
French botanist and mycologist (1843–1901)
the Société botanique de France. He is remembered for his research of cryptogams, as well as his investigations involving agents of plant diseases, in
Marie_Maxime_Cornu
creation of the chair of Botany (Classification and Natural Families of Cryptogams), this chair was reduced to the Phanerogams (Spermatophytes). Botany (Classification
List of chairs of the National Museum of Natural History (France)
List_of_chairs_of_the_National_Museum_of_Natural_History_(France)
Hungarian lichenologist (1930–2020)
Rajczy, M. (eds.). The Flora of the Kiskunság National Park. Vol. 2. Cryptogams. Budapest: Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum. pp. 299–362. ISBN 978-9637093623
Klára_Verseghy
Island in Far Eastern Federal District, Russian Federation
big bird colonies and a walrus rookery on the island. Rush/grass, forb, cryptogam tundra covers the Belkovsky Island. It is tundra consisting mostly of
Belkovsky_Island
Species of flowering plant
the Hawaiian islands :a description of their phanerogams and vascular cryptogams. London: Williams & Norgate. pp. 251–254.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date
Cyanea_angustifolia
Danish botanist, mycologist and plant pathologist
den danske Flora II. Blomsterløse planter ("Guide to the Danish Flora - Cryptogams), 2nd edn (1925), which gives determination keys to algae, myxomycetes
Emil_Rostrup
7: 301–354. Ahti 2000, p. 233. Inoue, Hiroshi, ed. (1984). Studies on Cryptogams in Southern Chile. Tokyo: Kenseisha. p. 145. Pino-Bodas, Raquel; Herrero
List_of_Cladonia_species
Species of lichen
and on rock. It was first described scientifically in 1903 by Scottish cryptogam specialist James Stirton, as Parmelia reddenda. The type was collected
Punctelia_reddenda
Genus of lichen-forming fungi
lichen genus (Teloschistaceae, lichen-forming Ascomycota) from India". Cryptogam Biodiversity and Assessment. 2018: 22–31. doi:10.21756/cab.esp5. Kondratyuk
Caloplaca
Species in mammal family Bovidae
Grassland, and rocky areas Diet: Grass and herbs, as well as woody plants and cryptogams LC 53,000 East Caucasian tur C. cylindricornis (Blyth, 1841) Caucasus
List_of_bovids
German botanist
notable as a specialist in research involving the morphology of fungi and cryptogams. He is best known for his production of botanical wall-charts, the Botanische
Leopold_Kny
Australian botanist and botanical collector
Naturalists Club of Victoria (FNCV) and published several articles on cryptogams. The club, founded in 1880, allowed women from its founding. Flora was
Flora_Mary_Campbell
French botanist (1914-2006)
(1932) from Lycée Voltaire (Paris). In 1942, she was a preparer in the cryptogam ecology laboratory under the direction of Pierre Allorge. In 1943, she
Suzanne_Jovet-Ast
Single-species fungal genus
Caleb A. (2022). "An inventory of a private property illustrates diverse cryptogam floras in north central Texas". Castanea. 86 (2): 246–265. doi:10.2179/0008-7475
Pachyphysis
German mycologist and herbarium curator
a German mycologist and herbarium curator. He discovered the study of cryptogams and mushrooms as a volunteer at the botanical garden. Although circumstances
Paul_Christoph_Hennings
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A String of Pearls
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Glowing in the Night
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n.
A genus of cryptogamous plants resembling Lycopodia, but producing two kinds of spores; also, any plant of this genus. Many species are cultivated in conservatories.
n.
Any plant or species of the genus Isoetes, cryptogamous plants with a cluster of elongated four-tubed rushlike leaves, rising from a corm, and containing spores in their enlarged and excavated bases. There are about seventeen American species, usually growing in the mud under still, shallow water. So called from the shape of the shape of the leaves.
n.
An Australian name for Marsilea Drummondii, a four-leaved cryptogamous plant, sometimes used for food.
n.
The primary growth from the spore in certain cryptogamous plants; as, the proembryo, or protonema, of mosses.
n.
One skilled in cryptogamic botany.
n. pl.
A class of flowerless plants, embracing ferns, horsetails, club mosses, quillworts, and other like plants. See the Note under Cryptogamia.
a.
Alt. of Cryptogamous
n.
A special cell in certain cryptogamous plants containing oospheres, as in the rockweeds (Fucus), and the orders Vaucherieae and Peronosporeae.
a.
Belonging, or relating, to the Lycopodiaceae, an order of cryptogamous plants (called also club mosses) with branching stems, and small, crowded, one-nerved, and usually pointed leaves.
a.
Alt. of Cryptogamous
n.
A spore case in the cryptogamous plants, as in ferns, etc.
pl.
of Cryptogamia
n.
An alternately produced form of certain cryptogamous plants, as ferns, mosses, and the like, which bears antheridia and archegonia, and so has sexual fructification, as contrasted with the sporophore, which is nonsexual, but produces spores in countless number. In ferns the oophore is a minute prothallus; in mosses it is the leafy plant.
n.
Any plant, usually procumbent and mosslike, of the cryptogamous class Hepaticae; -- called also scale moss and liverwort. See Hepaticae, in the Supplement.
n.
That alternately produced form of certain cryptogamous plants, as ferns, mosses, and the like, which is nonsexual, but produces spores in countless numbers. In ferns it is the leafy plant, in mosses the capsule. Cf. Oophore.
a.
Of or pertaining to the series Cryptogamia, or to plants of that series.
n.
One of the several primary divisions of either the animal, or vegetable kingdom, as, in zoology, the Vertebrata, Tunicata, Mollusca, Articulata, Molluscoidea, Echinodermata, Coelentera, and the Protozoa; in botany, the Phanerogamia, and the Cryptogamia.
n. pl.
An order or subclass of cryptogamous plants; the mosses. See Moss, and Cryptogamia.
a.
Of or pertaining to the higher division of plants, that is, the phaenogamous plants, all of which are vascular, in distinction from the cryptogams, which to a large extent are cellular only.
n.
A plant belonging to the Cryptogamia.