What is pteridophytes?
A pteridophyte is a vascular plant that disperses spores. Because pteridophytes produce neither flowers nor seeds, they are sometimes referred to as "cryptogams", meaning that their means of reproduction is hidden. Ferns, horsetails, and lycophytes are all pteridophytes.
the term ptredo means feather and phyta means plant .these are vascular plants xylum phloem is present.