How do cycads reproduce?

Cycads can reproduce via asexual or sexual reproduction. When it comes to asexual reproduction the Cycads produce stem offshoots or pups. The reproductive structure is specifically called a strobilus or cone. This is a group of leaves which bear either pollen or ovules which become seeds after fertilization.Click to see full answer. In this regard, do cycads need water to reproduce?Because they arose from aquatic algae, a sperm’s ability to swim to an ovule helped increase the chances of reproduction. Today we see this adaptation in plants like liverworts, mosses, and ferns, which still require water to complete their life cycle. This adaptation also can be found in cycads (as well as ginkgoes).Additionally, do cycads have seeds? Cycads are gymnosperms (naked seeded), meaning their unfertilized seeds are open to the air to be directly fertilized by pollination, as contrasted with angiosperms, which have enclosed seeds with more complex fertilization arrangements. Subsequently, question is, why do cycads have separate plants for male and female cones? Because cycads are a group of cone-bearing plants that are the oldest seed plants in the world. In simple terms, this means that cycads do not produce true flowers or fruit, just one or more large seed cones. Cycads are dioecious, so cycad cones are either male or female.Do cycads produce fruit?Cycads are a group of gymnosperm trees and shrubs. They are woody, seed producing plants with no flowers or fruit. Cycads often look similar to palm trees with branchless stems and a crown of leave at the top of the tree, but they are not at all closely related to palm trees.