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Noun: Gnetophyta
  1. Gymnospermous flowering plants; supposed link between conifers and angiosperms; in some systems classified as a class (Gnetopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Gnetophytina or Gnetophyta)
    - Gnetopsida, class Gnetopsida, Gnetophytina, subdivision Gnetophytina

Type of: class

Part of: class Gymnospermae, division Gymnospermophyta, Gymnospermae, Gymnospermophyta

Encyclopedia: Gnetophyta