"class lycopsida" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
member holonym:
- class lycopodineae, lycopodineae - alternative designation for the class Lycopsida
- club moss, club-moss, lycopod - primitive evergreen moss-like plant with spores in club-shaped strobiles
- lepidodendrales, order lepidodendrales - fossil arborescent plants arising during the early Devonian and conspicuous throughout the Carboniferous
- lycopodiales, order lycopodiales - lower vascular plants coextensive with the family Lycopodiaceae; in some classifications includes the Selaginellaceae and Isoetaceae
- order selaginellales, selaginellales - in some classifications included in Lycopodiales
- isoetales, order isoetales - aquatic or marsh-growing fern allies; known to have existed since the Cenozoic; sometimes included in Lycopodiales
belongs to: division pteridophyta, pteridophyta - containing all the vascular plants that do not bear seeds: ferns, horsetails, club mosses, and whisk ferns; in some classifications considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta

same as: class lycopodiate, lycopodiate, lycopsida