Each plant or group of plants has some phylogenetic significance in relation to evolution. Cycas, one of the few living members of Gymnosperms is called as the 'relic of past'. Can you establish a phylogenetic relationship of Cycas with any other group of plants that justifies the above statement ?

Explanation

Cycas shows phylogenetic relationship with ferns. It shows circinate vernation of young leaves, presence of ciliated antherozoids, presence of archegonia in the female gametophyte.