Coniferae

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin nominative feminine plural of conifer (“cone-bearing”).

Proper noun

Coniferae

1. A taxonomic class within the phylum Tracheophyta – the conifers.

Synonyms

• Pinophyta, Coniferophyta

Hypernyms

• (class): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; Gymnospermae - superclass

Hyponyms

• (class): Pinopsida - sole extant (sub)class
  • Pinidae - sole subclass; Pinales - sole order
  • †Dicranophyllopsida, †Vojnovskyopsida, †Cordaitopsida, †Voltziopsida - extinct (sub)classes

Related terms

• Coniferales

See also

• gymnosperm
• Pinaceae

References

• Coniferae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Coniferae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Pinopsida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Conifers at the Tree of Life Web Project