Class Pinopsida (Noun)
Meaning
Most conifers: in some systems classified as a class (Pinopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Pinophytina); used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- In some classification systems, Pinopsida is referred to as a class that comprises most conifers and related gymnosperms.
- Pinopsida was used as a subphylum-level class in certain old botanical classification systems to describe coniferous species.
- The taxonomy ranking that places conifers as a class known as Pinopsida has been removed in more recent and advanced botanical systems.
- Gymnospermophyta subdivision refers to the five different classifications or ranks that can include orders categorized under Pinopsida.
- Botanical classifications have traditionally enlisted Pinopsida as one among the subclasses under the division of coniferous gymnosperms, specifically one rank below subdivisions such as Pinophytina.