CLASS GINKGOPHYTINA
Dictionary entry overview: What does class Ginkgophytina mean?
• CLASS GINKGOPHYTINA (noun)
The noun CLASS GINKGOPHYTINA has 1 sense:
1. ginkgos: in some systems classified as a class and in others as a subdivision; used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta
Familiarity information: CLASS GINKGOPHYTINA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CLASS GINKGOPHYTINA (noun)
Meaning:
Ginkgos: in some systems classified as a class and in others as a subdivision; used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
class Ginkgophytina; class Ginkgopsida; Ginkgophytina; Ginkgopsida; subdivision Ginkgophyta; subdivision Ginkgophytina
Hypernyms ("class Ginkgophytina" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "class Ginkgophytina"):
Ginkgoales; order Ginkgoales (coextensive with the family Ginkgoaceae: plants that first appeared in the Permian and now represented by a single surviving species; often included in Coniferales)
Holonyms ("class Ginkgophytina" is a member of...):
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))
