How about those Angiosperms? Angiosperms How did they manage to do that? Angios Rule OKAY! Some basic types of flower Separate petalsMagnolia grandiflora Flowers with a tubular corolla Gentiana algida Rocky Mountain National Park CO A head with many florets MonocotyledonsFlower parts in threes Narcissus spp. 1.Plants accumulate matter and make growth 2.Plant growth is an organized process following rules of anatomy and morphology 3.Plants maintain their heat and water balance 4.Plants have a life cycle with reproduction and dispersal 5.Evolution is a constant process Niche diversification. There is also the evolution of different types of breeding systems Flowers and co-evolution, greater efficiency including the development of fruits Stomatal control Vessels. Many xerophyte adaptations occur Tissues for material storage Asexual reproduction Higher photosynthetic rates, leaf anatomy (particularly of C3 systems) Ammophila arenaria European beach grass Transverse section of a blade of Ammophila arenaria, a grass