NOUN | plant | order Cordaitales, Cordaitales | extinct plants having tall arborescent trunks comparable / comparable to or more advanced than cycads |
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Meaning | Extinct plants having tall arborescent trunks comparable / comparable to or more advanced than cycads; known from the Pennsylvanian period; probably extinct since the Mesozoic era. | |
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Synonym | Cordaitales | |
Member of | Coniferopsida, class Coniferopsida, Coniferophytina, subdivision Coniferophytina, Coniferophyta | cone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous period |
Members | Cordaitaceae, family Cordaitaceae | chiefly Paleozoic plants |
Broader | plant order | The order of plants |
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