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Gymnospermae
Gymnospermae
Translingual
Proper noun
Gymnospermae
- (botany) The group of seed plants, whose seeds are not enclosed in an ovary
- A taxonomic superclass within the subphylum Spermatophytina.
Hypernyms
- (superclass): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum
Hyponyms
- (plants with seeds not enclosed in an ovary): Coniferae - class
- Cycadidae, Ginkgoidae, Gnetidae, Pinidae - subclasses
- (superclass): Cycadopsida, Ginkgoopsida, Gnetopsida, Pinopsida - classes
- Cycadidae, Ginkgoidae, Gnetidae, Pinidae - subclasses
- Cycadales, Ginkgoales, Gnetales, Pinales - orders
- Cycadidae, Ginkgoidae, Gnetidae, Pinidae - subclasses
Derived terms
References
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521