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Gnetales (Noun)

Meaning

Chiefly tropical or xerophytic woody plants; practically unknown as fossils but considered close to the ancestral line of angiosperms.

Classification

Nouns denoting plants.

Examples

  • Gnetales are an enigmatic group of seed plants that are thought to be among the most primitive living relatives of angiosperms.
  • The order Gnetales consists of just three families of plants, including the cycadeoid Ephedra and the conelike Welwitschia.
  • As one of the least-known plant groups, Gnetales have long fascinated botanists due to their unique characteristics and potential link to angiosperm evolution.
  • Recent phylogenetic analyses suggest that Gnetales may have diverged from the angiosperm lineage over 300 million years ago.
  • Some researchers propose that Gnetales could be close to the common ancestor that gave rise to the incredibly diverse angiosperms we see today.

Synonyms

  • Order Gnetales
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