Subdivision Pinophytina (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
- Some botanists still use the outdated term Pinophytina as a subdivision of conifers within the Gymnospermophyta classification system.
- Pinophytina is a subdivision in some classifications of Gymnospermophyta, covering most conifers and trees closely related to them.
- The different classification systems mean that the conifers can be classified as a subdivision Pinophytina, or even as a class Pinopsida in some cases.
- A more recent consensus groups conifers within the subdivision Pinophytina of the gymnosperm classification system.
- Most current botanical classifications agree that conifers belong in the subdivision Pinophytina of the gymnosperms or seeds plants.