| anthophyta | | | | 10 | | 4 | nounn |
| noun • comprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Angiospermae) and in others a division (Magnoliophyta or Anthophyta) |
| bryophyta | | | | 9 | | 3 | noun, adjectiven, adj |
| noun • a division of nonflowering plants characterized by rhizoids rather than true roots and having little or no organized vascular tissue and showing alternation of generations between gamete-bearing forms and spore-bearing forms; comprises true mosses (Bryopsida) and liverworts (Hepaticopsida) and hornworts (Anthoceropsida) |
| chlorophyta | | | | 11 | | 4 | nounn |
| noun • large division of chiefly freshwater eukaryotic algae that possess chlorophyll a and b, store food as starch, and cellulose cell walls; classes Chlorophyceae, Ulvophyceae, and Charophyceae; obviously ancestral to land plants |
| chrysophyta | | | | 11 | | 4 | nounn |
| noun • mostly freshwater eukaryotic algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown or yellow pigment; yellow-green and golden-brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta |
| coniferophyta | | | | 13 | | 6 | nounn |
| 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) |
| cryptophyta | | | | 11 | | 4 | nounn |
| noun • a phylum in the kingdom Protoctista |
| cycadophyta | | | | 11 | | 5 | nounn |
| noun • palmlike gymnosperms: includes the surviving order Cycadales and several extinct orders; possibly not a natural group; in some systems considered a class (Cycadopsida) and in others a subdivision (Cycadophytina or Cycadophyta) |
| euglenophyta | | | | 12 | | 5 | nounn |
| noun • free-swimming flagellate algae |
| gnetophyta | | | | 10 | | 4 | nounn |
| noun • 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) |
| gymnospermophyta | | | | 16 | | 6 | nounn |
| noun • plants having naked seeds not enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Gymnospermae) and in others a division (Gymnospermophyta); comprises three subdivisions (or classes): Cycadophytina (class Cycadopsida) and Gnetophytina (class Gnetopsida) and Coniferophytina (class Coniferopsida); in some classifications the Coniferophytina are divided into three groups: Pinophytina (class Pinopsida) and Ginkgophytina (class Ginkgopsida) and Taxophytina (class Taxopsida) |
| heterokontophyta | | | | 16 | | 7 | nounn |
| noun • algae having chlorophyll a and usually c, and flagella of unequal lengths; terminology supersedes Chrysophyta in some classifications |
| lycophyta | | | | 9 | | 4 | nounn |
| noun • used in some classifications for the class Lycopsida: club mosses |
| phylum pyrrophyta | | | | 16 | | 6 | nounn |
| noun • a division of lower plants comprising unicellular and biflagellate algae that form starchy compounds |
| pteridophyta | | | | 12 | | 5 | nounn |
| noun • containing all the vascular plants that do not bear seeds: ferns, horsetails, club mosses, and whisk ferns; in some classifications considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta |
| pyrrophyta | | | | 10 | | 4 | nounn |
| noun • a division of lower plants comprising unicellular and biflagellate algae that form starchy compounds |
| rhodophyta | | | | 10 | | 4 | nounn |
| noun • lower plants; mostly marine and littoral eukaryotic algae |
| schizophyta | | | | 11 | | 4 | noun, adjectiven, adj |
| noun • former term for the Cyanophyta |
| spermatophyta | | | | 13 | | 5 | nounn |
| noun • seed plants; comprises the Angiospermae (or Magnoliophyta) and Gymnospermae (or Gymnospermophyta); in some classification systems Spermatophyta is coordinate with Pteridophyta (spore producing plants having vascular tissue and roots) and Bryophyta (spore producing plants lacking vascular tissue and roots) |
| thallophyta | | | | 11 | | 4 | nounn |
| noun • used only in former classifications: comprising what is now considered a heterogeneous assemblage of flowerless and seedless organisms: algae; bacteria; fungi; lichens |
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