Gnetales

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Gnetum gnemon

Taxonavigation edit

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Tracheophyta
Classis: Gnetopsida
Ordo: Gnetales
Familia: Ephedraceae – Gnetaceae – Welwitschiaceae

Genera incertae sedis: †Bassitheca

Name edit

Gnetales Blume ex Mart., Consp. Regn. Veg.: 11. (1835)

Synonymy edit

  • Ephedrales Dumortier
  • Tumboales Wettstein
  • Welwitschiales Reveal
  • Ephedridae Reveal
  • Gnetidae Pax
  • Welwitschiidae Reveal
  • Ephedropsida Reveal
  • Gnetopsida Thomé
  • Welwitschiopsida B. Boivin
  • Gnetophytina Reveal

Note: Three monotypic families is unsatisfactory classification, but Yang's proposal to separate the three into their own orders, families and genera is not supported by any new evidence and is equally unsatisfactory.

References edit

Vernacular names edit

polski: Gniotowce
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