Class Ginkgopsida (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.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Ginkgoales, including Ginkgo biloba, is a part of the class Ginkgopsida.
- Class Ginkgopsida includes a group of seed-producing plants known as the Ginkgoales.
- Ginkgoales are sometimes placed in a class of their own, Ginkgopsida, though they have also been thought to be an evolutionary offshoot of the Lycopsida.
- The class Ginkgopsida includes the order Ginkgoales containing only a single family, Ginkgoaceae.
- One such system uses the class Ginkgopsida containing a single order, Ginkgoales, and a single family, Ginkgoaceae.