HyperDic: division_pteridophyta

English > 1 sense of the expression division Pteridophyta:
NOUNplantdivision Pteridophyta, Pteridophytacontaining all the vascular plants that do not bear seeds
English > division Pteridophyta: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningContaining all the vascular plants that do not bear seeds: ferns, horsetails, club mosses, and whisk ferns; in some classifications considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta.
SynonymPteridophyta
Member ofPlantae, kingdom Plantae, plant kingdom(botany) the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants
MembersFilicopsida, class Filicopsida, Filicinae, class Filicinaeferns
Lycopsida, class Lycopsida, Lycopodiate, class Lycopodiateclub mosses and related forms
Psilophytales, order PsilophytalesPaleozoic simple dichotomously branched plants of Europe and eastern Canada including the oldest known vascular land plants
Psilopsida, class Psilopsida, Psilotatae, class Psilotataewhisk ferns
Sphenopsida, class Sphenopsida, Equisetatae, class Equisetataehorsetails and related forms
fern familyfamilies of ferns and fern allies
fern genusgenera of ferns and fern allies
genus Pecopterisgenus of Carboniferous fossil ferns
pteridophyte, nonflowering plantplants having vascular tissue and reproducing by spores
Broaderdivision(botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
Spanishpteridofitos
CatalanFalguera, Pteridophyta

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