Division Pteridophyta (Noun)
Meaning
Containing all the vascular plants that do not bear seeds: ferns, horsetails, club mosses, and whisk ferns; in some classifications considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The classification of the plant kingdom has the Division Pteridophyta containing all the vascular plants that do not bear seeds.
- Ferns, horsetails, club mosses, and whisk ferns are grouped together in the Division Pteridophyta.
- Division Pteridophyta is characterized by the absence of seeds in its members.
- Some taxonomists consider Division Pteridophyta to be a subdivision of the larger group Tracheophyta.
- The traditional view of plant classification places the Division Pteridophyta alongside the division Spermatophyta in the vascular plant group.