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Encyclopedia > Pteridopsida
Pteridopsida ~ Modern Ferns
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Tree fern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Pteridopsida
Subclasses
  • Subclass: Cyatheatae
  • Subclass: Schizaeatae
  • Subclass: Pteriditae
  • Subclass: Polypoditae

The Pteridopsida is a class of plants in the Division Pteridophyta that includes the "modern" ferns. The Pteridopsida is sub-divided into four subclasses to reflect likely cladistics. These classes (and their included orders) are:

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Fern - Term Explanation on IndexSuche.Com (689 words)
Pteridopsida Fern, or pteridophyte, is any one of a group of some twenty thousand species of plants classified in the Division Pteridophyta, formerly known by some as ''Filicophyta''.
A fern is defined as a vascular_plant that lacks seeds, and that reproduces by shedding spores to initiate an alternation_of_generations.
Pteridopsida The last group includes most plants familiarly known as ferns.
Pteridophyta the Ferns Tree fern Tree fern Tree fern... (875 words)
Pteridopsida Pteridopsida "Fern", or "pteridophyte", is any one of a group of some twenty thousand species of plants classified in the "Division Pteridophyta", formerly known by some as "Filicophyta".
A fern is defined as a vascular plant vascular plant that lacks seed seeds, and that reproduces by shedding spore spores to initiate an alternation of generations alternation of generations.
Pteridopsida Pteridopsida The last group includes most plants familiarly known as ferns.
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