We found 1 definitions of order gnetales from 1 different sources.
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order gnetales - chiefly tropical or xerophytic woody plants; practically unknown as fossils but considered close to the ancestral line of angiosperms | ||
Gnetales, order Gnetales | ||
plant order the order of plants | ||
class gnetopsida, gnetophyta, gnetophytina, gnetopsida, subdivision gnetophytina 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) | ||
family gnetaceae, gnetaceae plants having small unisexual flowers and fleshy or winged fruit: in some classifications includes the genera Ephedra and Welwitschia as well as genus Gnetum | ||
ephedraceae, family ephedraceae ephedras: in some classifications included in the Gnetaceae |