English > Coniferophyta: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | cone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous period; most are substantial trees; includes the classes Pinopsida (subdivision Pinophytina) and Ginkgopsida (subdivision Ginkgophytina) and Taxopsida (subdivision Taxophytina) which in turn include the surviving orders ... / orders Coniferales and Taxales (yews) and sometimes Ginkgoales as well as extinct orders such as Cordaitales (of the Carboniferous and Permian). |
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| Synonyms | Coniferopsida, class Coniferopsida, Coniferophytina, subdivision Coniferophytina |
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| Member of | Gymnospermae, class Gymnospermae, Gymnospermophyta, division Gymnospermophyta | plants having naked seeds not enclosed in an ovary |
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| Members | Coniferales, order Coniferales | profusely branching and chiefly evergreen trees and some shrubs having narrow or needlelike leaves |
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| Cordaitales, order Cordaitales | Extinct plants having tall arborescent trunks comparable / comparable to or more advanced than cycads |
| Pinopsida, class Pinopsida, Pinophytina, subdivision Pinophytina | Most conifers |
| Taxales, order Taxales | coextensive with the family Taxaceae |
| Taxopsida, class Taxopsida, Taxophytina, subdivision Taxophytina | yews |
| Broader | class | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders |
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| Spanish | Coniferophyta, Coniferopsida |
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