gymnosperm family
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A family of gymnosperms (synset 111574214)
is a type of: plant family - a family of plantssubtypes:
- family gnetaceae, gnetaceae - plants having small unisexual flowers and fleshy or winged fruit: in some classifications includes the genera Ephedra and Welwitschia as well as genus Gnetum
- ephedraceae, family ephedraceae - ephedras: in some classifications included in the Gnetaceae
- family welwitschiaceae, welwitschiaceae - in some classifications included in the Gnetaceae
- cycad family, cycadaceae, family cycadaceae - ancient palmlike plants closely related to ferns in that fertilization is by means of spermatozoids
- family zamiaceae, zamia family, zamiaceae - a family of cycads often included in the family Cycadaceae: zamias
- bennettitaceae, family bennettitaceae - a family of fossil gymnospermous plants of the Carboniferous
- cordaitaceae, family cordaitaceae - chiefly Paleozoic plants; Cordaites is the chief and typical genus
- family pinaceae, pinaceae, pine family - a family of Pinaceae
- cupressaceae, cypress family, family cupressaceae - cypresses and junipers and many cedars
- redwood family, subfamily taxodiaceae, taxodiaceae - coniferous trees; traditionally considered an independent family though recently included in Cupressaceae in some classification systems
- araucaria family, araucariaceae, family araucariaceae - tall evergreen cone-bearing trees of South America and Australia with broad leathery leaves; in some classifications included in the Pinaceae
- cephalotaxaceae, family cephalotaxaceae, plum-yew family - a family of Cephalotaxaceae
- family phyllocladaceae, phyllocladaceae - a family of Phyllocladaceae
- family podocarpaceae, podocarpaceae, podocarpus family - gymnosperms with simple persistent needlelike or scalelike leaves
- family sciadopityaceae, sciadopityaceae - family comprising a single genus that until recently was considered part of Taxodiaceae
- family taxaceae, taxaceae, yew family - sometimes classified as member of order Taxales
- family ginkgoaceae, ginkgo family, ginkgoaceae - constituting the order Ginkgoales; includes the genus Ginkgo and extinct forms
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)
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