Spermatophytina

The spermatophytes, also known as phanerogams (taxon Phanerogamae) or phaenogams (taxon Phaenogamae), comprise those s that produce s, hence the alternative name seed plants. They are a subset of the s or land plants. The term phanerogams or phanerogamae is derived from the, phanerós meaning "visible", in contrast to the  from Greek  kryptós = "hidden" together with the  , gameo, "to marry". These terms distinguished those plants with hidden sexual organs (cryptogamae) from those with visible sexual organs (phanerogamae).