Gnetophyta
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Gnetophyta
[nə′täf·əd·ə] (botany)
The equivalent name for Gnetopsida.
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Chitinase is also found in pollination drops of another
gnetophyte, Welwitschia mirabilis, as well as a number of conifers (Wagner et al., 2007).
Gymnosperms include the cycads,
gnetophytes (including Ephedra), Gingko, and conifers.
MADS-box genes reveal that
gnetophytes are more closely related to conifers than to flowering plants.
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