Cordaitaceae

Cordaitaceae
Cordaitalaceae
Cordaites lungatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Cordaitales
Family: Cordaitaceae
Genera

Cordaites
Cordaicarpus
Cardiocarpus
Samaropsis

Cordaitaceae is an extinct family of primitive conifers.[1]

References


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  • Cordaitaceae — noun chiefly Paleozoic plants; Cordaites is the chief and typical genus • Syn: ↑family Cordaitaceae • Hypernyms: ↑gymnosperm family • Member Holonyms: ↑Cordaitales, ↑order Cordaitales • …   Useful english dictionary

  • cordaitaceae — cor·dai·ta·ce·ae …   English syllables

  • Семейство кордаитовые (Cordaitaceae) —         Кордаитовые полностью и давно вымершие растения. Время их существования, зарегистрированное в палеоботанических документах, т. е. ископаемых остатках частей этих растений, простирается от карбона до конца перми. При этом уже в конце… …   Биологическая энциклопедия

  • family Cordaitaceae — noun chiefly Paleozoic plants; Cordaites is the chief and typical genus • Syn: ↑Cordaitaceae • Hypernyms: ↑gymnosperm family • Member Holonyms: ↑Cordaitales, ↑order Cordaitales • Membe …   Useful english dictionary

  • Cordaites — noun tall Paleozoic trees superficially resembling modern screw pines; structurally intermediate in some ways between cycads and conifers • Syn: ↑genus Cordaites • Hypernyms: ↑gymnosperm genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Cordaitaceae, ↑family… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Cordaitales — ▪ fossil plant order       an order of coniferophytes (phylum, sometimes division, Coniferophyta), fossil plants dominant during the Carboniferous Period (359 million to 299 million years ago) directly related to the conifers (order Coniferales) …   Universalium

  • Cordaitales — noun extinct plants having tall arborescent trunks comparable to or more advanced than cycads; known from the Pennsylvanian period; probably extinct since the Mesozoic era • Syn: ↑order Cordaitales • Hypernyms: ↑plant order • Member Holonyms:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • genus Cordaites — noun tall Paleozoic trees superficially resembling modern screw pines; structurally intermediate in some ways between cycads and conifers • Syn: ↑Cordaites • Hypernyms: ↑gymnosperm genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Cordaitaceae, ↑family Cordaitaceae …   Useful english dictionary

  • gymnosperm family — noun a family of gymnosperms • Hypernyms: ↑plant family • Hyponyms: ↑Gnetaceae, ↑family Gnetaceae, ↑Ephedraceae, ↑family Ephedraceae, ↑Welwitschiaceae, ↑family We …   Useful english dictionary

  • order Cordaitales — noun extinct plants having tall arborescent trunks comparable to or more advanced than cycads; known from the Pennsylvanian period; probably extinct since the Mesozoic era • Syn: ↑Cordaitales • Hypernyms: ↑plant order • Member Holonyms:… …   Useful english dictionary

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