Is a strawberry a angiosperm or a gymnosperm?

is a strawberry a angiosperm or a gymnosperm? can you please explain to me why and if possible, show a link that would be helpful for me to learn about this topic. thanks so much
Is a strawberry a angiosperm or a gymnosperm?
Q.1) Is a strawberry an angiosperm or gymnosperm ?



A. 1 ) Strawberry is an Angiosperm for sure.



Q . 2 ) Why is it so ?



A. 2 ) Angiosperms are flowering and seed bearing plants ( So also the Gymnosperms . even though the flowers of Gymnosperms are not attractive and many of the non initiated people would not like to believe it !!)



In angiosperms the ovules are ALWAYS enclosed in side an ovary .After fertilization , the ovules are turned to seeds and the ovary becomes fruit. Naturally , therefore, the seeds are ALWAYS enclosed inside the fruit .



In gymnosperms there is no ovary , so the fruit formation is NOT there and the seeds are without fruit ( Naked seeds !!) .



This is the most constant and salient difference between the two major plant groups.



Now let us examine strawberry in more details . with the help of pictures .

click the links below for the photos.



1 ) See the flowers on the links -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Pink_...



http://www.countrysideinfo.co.uk/images/...

In the link immediately above the central part of the flower turns in to fruit.



2 ) The fruit on the link-

http://www.hort.purdue.edu/ext/senior/fr...



In the above photo the 'red' and large part of each fruit is in reality the flower base called ' thalamus ' in botany.

it is the part that is edible and the fruits are grown for this part !!



Tiny brown pips on the surface are the fruits ( not seeds please note ) . The seeds are in side the individual fruits . One seed per fruit . These brown pips are not so tasty.



The term 'strawberry ' is a misnomer as the fruit( I mean each brown pip) is botanically not berry, but an achene ( one seeded dry fruit ).



But in society it is customary to call a soft fruit, berry , we cannot help it !!!



The Links for flower

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower

http://www.answers.com/topic/flower?cat=...



Link for Gymnosperms-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnosperm



Link for Angiosperms-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angiosperm
Reply:Strawberries are angiosperms, their seeds are in the berries.

Gymnosperms are pine trees with their seeds in cones.Gymnosperm means bare seeds, if you shake a ripe pine cone the bare seeds will fall out.
Reply:To modify science teacher's answer, the seeds of strawberries are not inside the berry. The berry isn't even a fruit, it is a growth of the flower base. The seeds are inside the tiny little pips on the outside of the berry. The pips are the fruit.
Reply:It's an angiosperm. Angiosperms grow flowers, and strawberries grow from flowers. Here is what the flowers look like, at the link below:

elizabeth arden