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Lycopodiate (Noun)

Meaning

Club mosses and related forms: includes Lycopodiales; Isoetales; Selaginellales; and extinct Lepidodendrales; sometimes considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta.

Classification

Nouns denoting plants.

Examples

  • The ancient trees that were part of the extinct Lepidodendrales belong to the lycopodiates group of ancient club mosses.
  • The Lepidodendrales or scale trees are the most well-known of the lycopodiates.
  • Botanists studying ancient plant life found evidence that lycopodiates were varied, with different structures within the four groups.
  • Further research revealed a division of vascular plants that contained lycopodiates that may date back over 400 million years.
  • Club mosses in these four orders (Lycopodiales, Isoetales, Selaginellales, and extinct Lepidodendrales) are classified as lycopodiates.

Synonyms

  • Class Lycopsida
  • Class Lycopodiate
  • Lycopsida

Hypernyms

  • Class
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