HyperDic: class_lycopsida

English > 1 sense of the expression class Lycopsida:
NOUNplantclass Lycopsida, Lycopsida, Lycopodiate, class Lycopodiateclub mosses and related forms
English > class Lycopsida: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningclub mosses and related forms: includes Lycopodiales; Isoetales; Selaginellales; and extinct Lepidodendrales; sometimes considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta.
SynonymsLycopsida, Lycopodiate, class Lycopodiate
Member ofPteridophyta, division PteridophytaContaining all the vascular plants that do not bear seeds
MembersIsoetales, order Isoetalesaquatic or marsh-growing fern allies
Lepidodendrales, order Lepidodendralesfossil arborescent plants arising during the early Devonian and conspicuous throughout the Carboniferous
Lycopodiales, order LycopodialesLower vascular plants coextensive with the family Lycopodiaceae
Lycopodineae, class LycopodineaeAlternative designation for the class Lycopsida
Selaginellales, order SelaginellalesIn some classifications included in Lycopodiales
club moss, club-moss, lycopodPrimitive evergreen moss-like plant with spores in club-shaped strobiles
Broaderclass(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
Spanishlicópsidos, Lycopsida

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