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  2. List of gymnosperm families - Wikipedia

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    The name comes from the Greek for "naked seed"; the egg cells are not protected by ovaries, as in flowering plants. [4] Gymnosperms are divided into 12 families of trees, shrubs and woody vines. [5] Sequoiadendron giganteum, the giant redwood, is the largest tree in the world, and Sequoia sempervirens, the coastal redwood, is the tallest. [6]

  3. Gymnosperm - Wikipedia

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    The gymnosperms (/ ˈ dʒ ɪ m n ə ˌ s p ɜːr m z,-n oʊ-/ ⓘ nə-spurmz, -⁠noh-; lit. ' revealed seeds ') are a group of woody, perennial seed-producing plants, typically lacking the protective outer covering which surrounds the seeds in flowering plants, that include conifers, cycads, Ginkgo, and gnetophytes, forming the clade Gymnospermae [2] The term gymnosperm comes from the ...

  4. Conifer - Wikipedia

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    As an order they may be called Pinales, Coniferae, or Coniferales. Conifers are the largest and economically most important component group of gymnosperms, but nevertheless they comprise only one of the four groups. The division Pinophyta consists of just one class, Pinopsida, which includes both living and fossil taxa.

  5. Gnetophyta - Wikipedia

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    Gnetophyta (/ n ɛ ˈ t ɒ f ɪ t ə, ˈ n ɛ t oʊ f aɪ t ə /) is a division of plants (alternatively considered the subclass Gnetidae or order Gnetales), grouped within the gymnosperms (which also includes conifers, cycads, and ginkgos), that consists of some 70 species across the three relict genera: Gnetum (family Gnetaceae), Welwitschia (family Welwitschiaceae), and Ephedra (family ...

  6. Category:Gymnosperms - Wikipedia

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    Prehistoric gymnosperms (4 C, 3 P) ... The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. Gymnosperm; A.

  7. Plant taxonomy - Wikipedia

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    Once a plant specimen has been identified, its name and properties are known. Plant classification is the placing of known plants into groups or categories to show some relationship. Scientific classification follows a system of rules that standardizes the results, and groups successive categories into a hierarchy.

  8. Pinales - Wikipedia

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    There are about 1000 extant gymnosperm species, distributed over about 12 families and 83 genera. Many of these genera are monotypic (41%), and another 27% are oligotypic (2–5 species). [27] The four subclasses have also been treated as divisions of the Spermatophytes. Alternative names and the approximate number of genera and species in each ...

  9. Category:Gymnosperm orders - Wikipedia

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    This category should contain only articles about the orders of gymnosperms, when the articles are at the scientific name, or redirects from the scientific name in the case of monotypic taxa or articles at the English name.