Subdivision Coniferophytina (Noun)
Meaning
Cone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous period; most are substantial trees; includes the classes Pinopsida (subdivision Pinophytina) and Ginkgopsida (subdivision Ginkgophytina) and Taxopsida (subdivision Taxophytina) which in turn include the surviving orders Coniferales and Taxales (yews) and sometimes Ginkgoales as well as extinct orders such as Cordaitales (of the Carboniferous and Permian).
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The subdivision Coniferophytina represents a significant group of cone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous period.
- Subdivision Coniferophytina encompasses various classes of trees including Pinopsida, Ginkgopsida, and Taxopsida.
- Members of subdivision Coniferophytina are predominantly substantial trees with surviving orders such as Coniferales and Taxales.
- Extinct orders like Cordaitales of the subdivision Coniferophytina thrived during the Carboniferous and Permian periods.
- Botanists divide subdivision Coniferophytina into distinct subgroups including Pinophytina, Ginkgophytina, and Taxophytina.