Associations to the word «Coniferophyta»

CONIFEROPHYTA, proper noun. A taxonomic division within the kingdom Plantae   — Pinophyta, the conifers.

CONIFEROPHYTA, noun. 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).