Subdivision Pteropsida (Noun)
Meaning
Used in former classifications to include all ferns and flowering plants and divided into the three classes Filicinae and Gymnospermae and Angiospermae.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The subdivision Pteropsida in the former classification system separated different plants based on their characteristics.
- Historically, subdivision Pteropsida was used by Linnaeus and other botanists to classify plants.
- Subdivision Pteropsida included various types of vascular plants with seeds, but more modern systems replaced it.
- The former use of the term subdivision Pteropsida is an interesting footnote in the history of plant classification.
- Botanists eventually developed more precise and detailed systems to replace subdivision Pteropsida.