种子植物是由可产生种子的植物所组成的，有胚植物的一个子类群。它是所有植物中最进化的一个物种。无论在物种数量和地理分布也是最多最广的。现存的种子植物可以分为五种类群：

The spermatophytes (from the Greek word "Σπερματόφυτα"), also known as phanerogams or phenogamae, comprise those plants that produce seeds, hence the alternative name seed plants. They are a subset of the embryophytes or land plants. The term phanerogams or phanerogamae is derived from the Greek φανερός, phaneros = "visible", in contrast to the cryptogamae from Greek κρυπτός kryptos = "hidden" together with the suffix γαμέω, gameein, "to marry". These terms distinguished those plants with hidden sexual organs (cryptogamae) from those with visible sexual organs (phanerogamae).