class pinopsida

Noun
  1. Most conifers: in some systems classified as a class (Pinopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Pinophytina);
    Used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta (synset 111627522)
    is a type of: class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
    belongs to: class coniferopsida, coniferophyta, coniferophytina, coniferopsida, subdivision coniferophytina - 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 Coniferales and Taxales (yews) and sometimes Ginkgoales as well as extinct orders such as Cordaitales (of the Carboniferous and Permian)
    same as: pinophytina, pinopsida, subdivision pinophytina

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