cycadophyta

1. Palmlike gymnosperms: includes the surviving order Cycadales and several extinct orders;
   Possibly not a natural group;
   In some systems considered a class (Cycadopsida) and in others a subdivision (Cycadophytina or Cycadophyta) (synset 111620145)
   is a type of: class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
   member holonym:

   • cycadales, order cycadales - primitive tropical gymnosperms abundant in the Mesozoic, now reduced to a few scattered tropical forms
   • bennettitales, order bennettitales - fossil gymnospermous plants of the Carboniferous
   belongs to: class gymnospermae, division gymnospermophyta, gymnospermae, gymnospermophyta - plants having naked seeds not enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Gymnospermae) and in others a division (Gymnospermophyta); comprises three subdivisions (or classes): Cycadophytina (class Cycadopsida) and Gnetophytina (class Gnetopsida) and Coniferophytina (class Coniferopsida); in some classifications the Coniferophytina are divided into three groups: Pinophytina (class Pinopsida) and Ginkgophytina (class Ginkgopsida) and Taxophytina (class Taxopsida)
   same as: class cycadopsida, cycadophytina, cycadopsida, subdivision cycadophyta, subdivision cycadophytina

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