subdivision Pinophytina meaning

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subdivision Pinophytina (noun): 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.

Definition of subdivision Pinophytina

  1. 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

    Synonyms: Pinopsida, class Pinopsida, Pinophytina

    Type of: class

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