![](/template/termwiki/images/likesmall.jpg)
Home > Terms > English, UK (UE) > Pteropsida
Pteropsida
A large group of vascular plants characterised by having parenchymatous leaf gaps in the stele (vascular system of the stem) and by having leaves which are thought to have originated in the distant past as branched stem systems. Some botanists regard the Pteropsida as a natural group which they recognise as a class, subdivision, or division. Others regard it as an artificial assemblage of plants that have undergone certain similar changes from a rhyniophyte ancestry. The various components of the Pteropsida are here treated as three separate divisions under the names Magnoliophyta, Pinophyta, and Polypodiophyta.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Synonym(s):
- Blossary:
- Industry/Domain: Science
- Category: General science
- Company: McGraw-Hill
- Product:
- Acronym-Abbreviation:
Other Languages:
Member comments
Terms in the News
Featured Terms
Andy Whitfield
A Wales born Australian actor who was a virtual unknown when he was cast as the legendary Thracian slave in the hit cable series "Spartacus: ...
Contributor
Featured blossaries
dnatalia
0
Terms
60
Blossaries
2
Followers
Gossip Girl Characters
![](/template/termwiki/images/likesmall.jpg)
![](https://accounts.termwiki.com/thumb1.php?f=368d6140-1406798864.jpg&width=304&height=180)
stanley soerianto
0
Terms
107
Blossaries
6
Followers
Hit TV Shows
![](/template/termwiki/images/likesmall.jpg)
![](https://accounts.termwiki.com/thumb1.php?f=7a86f8c6-1400210687.jpg&width=304&height=180)
Browers Terms By Category
- General packaging(1147)
- Bag in box(76)
Packaging(1223) Terms
- Fuel cell(402)
- Capacitors(290)
- Motors(278)
- Generators(192)
- Circuit breakers(147)
- Power supplies(77)
Electrical equipment(1403) Terms
- Organic chemistry(2762)
- Toxicology(1415)
- General chemistry(1367)
- Inorganic chemistry(1014)
- Atmospheric chemistry(558)
- Analytical chemistry(530)
Chemistry(8305) Terms
- Algorithms & data structures(1125)
- Cryptography(11)
Computer science(1136) Terms
- Capacitors(290)
- Resistors(152)
- Switches(102)
- LCD Panels(47)
- Power sources(7)
- Connectors(7)