(Bot.) A division of trees comprising the ginkgos. In some systems it is classified as a class (Ginkgopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Ginkgophytina or Ginkgophyta); used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta.
Ginkgophyta
Ginkgophyta
[‚giŋ′käf·əd·ə] (botany) The equivalent name for Ginkgoopsida.ThesaurusSeeGinkgoaceae