Gymnospermae

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, feminine plural of gymnospermus (“having naked seeds”)

Proper noun

Gymnospermae

(botany) The group of seed plants, whose seeds are not enclosed in an ovary
1. A taxonomic superclass within the subphylum Spermatophytina.

Hypernyms

(superclass): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum

Hyponyms

(plants with seeds not enclosed in an ovary): Coniferae - class
- Cycadidae, Ginkgoidae, Gnetidae, Pinidae - subclasses
(superclass): Cycadopsida, Ginkgoopsida, Gnetopsida, Pinopsida - classes
- Cycadidae, Ginkgoidae, Gnetidae, Pinidae - subclasses
  - Cycadales, Ginkgoales, Gnetales, Pinales - orders

Derived terms

gymnosperms

References

Gymnosperm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Plantae (L.) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Gymnosperms on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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