HyperDic: order_gnetales

English > 1 sense of the expression order Gnetales:
NOUNplantorder Gnetales, Gnetaleschiefly tropical or xerophytic woody plants
English > order Gnetales: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningchiefly tropical or xerophytic woody plants; practically unknown as fossils but considered close to the ancestral line of angiosperms.
SynonymGnetales
Member ofGnetopsida, class Gnetopsida, Gnetophytina, subdivision Gnetophytina, Gnetophytagymnospermous flowering plants
MembersEphedraceae, family Ephedraceaeephedras
Gnetaceae, family Gnetaceaeplants having small unisexual flowers and fleshy or winged fruit
Welwitschiaceae, family WelwitschiaceaeIn some classifications included in the Gnetaceae
Broaderplant orderThe order of plants
Spanishgnetales
Catalangnetales

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