Are deciduous trees in the same division as flowers?

Question

wikipedia is not very clear. It says an oak tree is in the Magnoliophyta division and that is another name for the Anthophyta division which has flowers. So angiosperms can be broken down more to include a rose and an oak in the same division?

Answer 1

Yes. All deciduous trees are flowering plants (Division- Spermatophyta; i.e. Seed bearing and flowering plants). So the division is the same but their families are different.There are about 450 families of the flowering plants.Deciduous trees, as the name implies, shed all their leaves once in a year.As against evergreen trees that are covered with leaves all the year round,and never leafless unless dead.

Answer 2

Yeah, Skeptic has it right. About 99% of the deciduous trees out there are spermatophytes, but you can't overlook Bald Cypress and Larches, which are both deciduous conifers. So that makes the answer to your question No.



The first answer is confusing the term "evergreen." There are plenty of evergreen plants and trees out there that are not conifers. A common one is the Southern Magnolia, a flowering tree. Others are Sweet Bay, Privet, most Citrus, Etc.



A good rule of thumb is not to make generalizations about huge groups of plants. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

Don't listen to the first answer. Most of them are but there are some decidious trees that are NOT flowering plants. Some conifers and gnetophytes are decidious trees.