Cycadaceae

Translingual

Etymology

Cycas +‎ -aceae

Proper noun

Cycadaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Cycadales – the cycads, tropical gymnosperms that have not changed greatly since the Jurassic, when they were a dominant plant.

Hypernyms

(family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; Gymnospermae - superclass; Cycadopsida - class; Cycadidae - subclass; Cycadales - order; Cycadineae - suborder

Hyponyms

(family): Cycas - type genus; Bowenia - other genus

References

Cycadaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cycadaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Cycadaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Cycadaceae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Cycadaceae at Encyclopedia of Life
Cycadaceae at Germplasm Resources Information Network
Cycadaceae at Paleobiology Database

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