# Gymnosperms

**Source**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/browse/gymnosperms/
**Parent**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/browse/vascular-plants/

Ovules (and seeds) borne naked on sporophylls (or on scales projecting from sporophylls, which are usually arranged in cones. Microsporophylls bearing the pollen sacs also arranged in cones. Pollen deposited directly on the ovule [Gymnosperms](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/taxon/gymnosperms)

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Leaves pinnate [Cycadophyta](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/taxon/cycadophyta)

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Leaves [simple](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/simple "(of leaves) undivided.") [Pinophyta](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/taxon/pinophyta)