What is Flowering plant?
{{Taxobox | name = Angiospermae | fossil_range = <br/>[[Lower Cretaceous]] – Recent | image = Galanthus nivalis.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = [[Snowdrop]] | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | subregnum = [[Embryophyte|Embryophyta]] | divisio = '''Angiospermae''' | subdivision_ranks = [[Class (biology)|Classes]] | subdivision = Traditional groups:<br/> [[Magnoliopsida]] – Dicots<br /> [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]] – Monocots }} [[File:Amborella trichopoda.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[Amborella]]'': the oldest surviving Angiosperm]] '''Flowering plants''' are [[Plant|plants]] that bear [[Flower|flowers]] and [[Fruit|fruits]]. Most land plants today are flowering plants ('''Angiosperm''' or '''Magnoliophyta'''). Together with the [[Gymnosperm|gymnosperms]] they make up the [[seed plants]]. They differ from the gymnosperms in that angiosperms have [[flower]]s, and have enclosed [[ovule]]s. Gymnosperms have naked seeds on cones or open structures. == Typical adaptations == [[File:Rose bud.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Bud]] of a pink [[rose]]]] Angiosperms have a number of [[derived]] characters, which evolved as they split off from the gymnosperms. * [[Flower]]s Flowers, the [[reproductive organ]]s of flowering plants, are the most remarkable feature distinguishing them from other [[seed plant]]s. Flowers, with their colour and their [[nectar]], attract pollinators, which are mostly insects and birds. 95% of flowering plants in tropical lowlands rely on animals for pollination or dispersal of seeds.<ref>Thomson, John N. 1994. ''The coevolutionary process''. University of Chicago Press, p7. ISBN 0-226-79760-0</ref> Although in general, this is true, it is not true of one great group of angiosperms: the [[Grass|grasses]]. The reason is not clear, but grasses dominate several of the largest land areas: in North America, Asia, and in Africa. They are all wind-pollinated. Gymnosperms were and are almost entirely wind-pollinated, but early flowers were probably all insect-pollinated.<ref>Crepet WL, Friis EM, Nixon KC 1991. Fossil evi