gymnosperm genus

/ˌdʒɪmnəˈspʌrm ˌdʒinəs/

Definitions of gymnosperm genus

1. noun

   a genus of gymnosperms
   types:

   genus Gnetum

   type genus of the Gnetaceae; small trees or shrubs usually with climbing jointed stems and terminal spikes of flowers with orange-red seeds clustered in rough cones

   Catha, genus Catha

   a genus of African evergreen shrubs characterized by thick leaves and white flowers

   genus Ephedra

   type and sole genus of Ephedraceae: tropical and subtropical evergreen shrubby or creeping plants native to dry and inhospitable regions

   genus Welwitchia, genus Welwitschia

   type and sole genus of Welwitschiaceae

   Cycas, genus Cycas

   type genus of Cycadaceae: genus of widely distributed Old World evergreen tropical trees having pinnate leaves and columnar stems covered with persistent bases of old leaves

   genus Zamia

   genus of small evergreen tropical and subtropical American cycads

   genus Ceratozamia

   small genus of Mexican cycads; sometimes classified in family Cycadaceae

   genus Dioon

   small genus of arborescent cycads of Mexico and Central America; sometimes classified in family Cycadaceae

   genus Encephalartos

   genus of arborescent African cycads; sometimes classified in family Cycadaceae

   genus Macrozamia

   genus of large evergreen Australian cycads; sometimes classified in family Cycadaceae

   Bennettitis, genus Bennettitis

   type of the Bennettitales

   Lyginopteris, genus Lyginopteris

   genus of fossil seed ferns of the Carboniferous

   Cordaites, genus Cordaites

   tall Paleozoic trees superficially resembling modern screw pines; structurally intermediate in some ways between cycads and conifers

   Pinus, genus Pinus

   type genus of the Pinaceae: large genus of true pines

   Larix, genus Larix

   larches

   Pseudolarix, genus Pseudolarix

   one species: golden larch

   Abies, genus Abies

   true firs

   Cedrus, genus Cedrus

   true cedars

   Picea, genus Picea

   a genus of temperate and Arctic evergreen trees (see spruce)

   Tsuga, genus Tsuga

   hemlock; hemlock fir; hemlock spruce

   Pseudotsuga, genus Pseudotsuga

   douglas fir; closely related to genera Larix and Cathaya

   genus Cathaya

   one species; related to Pseudotsuga and Larix

   Cupressus, genus Cupressus

   type genus of Cupressaceae

   Athrotaxis, genus Athrotaxis

   a genus of gymnosperm

   Austrocedrus, genus Austrocedrus

   one species; formerly included in genus Libocedrus

   Callitris, genus Callitris

   evergreen monoecious coniferous trees or shrubs: cypress pines

   Calocedrus, genus Calocedrus

   tall evergreens of western North America and eastern Asia; formerly included in genus Libocedrus

   Chamaecyparis, genus Chamaecyparis

   a genus of Chamaecyparis

   Cryptomeria, genus Cryptomeria

   Japanese cedar; sugi

   Juniperus, genus Juniperus

   junipers

   Libocedrus, genus Libocedrus

   cypresses that resemble cedars

   genus Metasequoia

   genus of deciduous conifers comprising both living and fossil forms; 1 extant species: dawn redwood of China; variously classified as member of Pinaceae or Taxodiaceae

   genus Sequoia

   redwoods; until recently considered a genus of a separate family Taxodiaceae

   Taxodium, genus Taxodium

   bald cypress; swamp cypress

   Tetraclinis, genus Tetraclinis

   sandarac tree

   Thuja, genus Thuja

   red cedar

   Thujopsis, genus Thujopsis

   one species; has close similarity to genus Thuja

   genus Keteleeria

   a genus of keteleeria

   genus Araucaria

   a genus of the araucaria family

   Agathis, genus Agathis

   kauri pine

   Cephalotaxus, genus Cephalotaxus

   the genus of Cephalotaxus (see plum-yews)

   Torreya, genus Torreya

   nutmeg-yews

   Phyllocladus, genus Phyllocladus

   celery pine

   Podocarpus, genus Podocarpus

   evergreen trees or shrubs; sometimes classified as member of the family Taxaceae

   Afrocarpus, genus Afrocarpus

   dioecious evergreen trees or shrubs; equatorial to southern and southeastern Africa: yellowwood; similar to trees or genus Podocarpus

   Dacrycarpus, genus Dacrycarpus

   evergreen coniferous shrubs or trees of New Zealand to Malaysia and Philippines

   Dacrydium, genus Dacrydium

   Australasian evergreen trees or shrubs

   Falcatifolium, genus Falcatifolium

   sickle pines: dioecious evergreen tropical trees and shrubs having sickle-shaped leaves; similar to Dacrycarpus in habit; Malaysia and Philippines to New Guinea and New Caledonia

   Halocarpus, genus Halocarpus

   dioecious trees or shrubs of New Zealand; similar in habit to Dacrydium

   Lagarostrobus, genus Lagarostrobus

   genus of dioecious evergreen trees of New Zealand and Tasmania; similar to genus Dacrydium

   Lepidothamnus, genus Lepidothamnus

   small usually shrubby conifers

   Microstrobos, genus Microstrobos

   2 species of small evergreen shrubs of Australia and Tasmania

   Nageia, genus Nageia

   small genus of Asian evergreen trees having columnar crowns and distinguished by leaves lacking a midrib; eastern Asia including India and Philippines and New Guinea

   Parasitaxus, genus Parasitaxus

   one species: parasite yew

   Prumnopitys, genus Prumnopitys

   mostly dioecious evergreen conifers; leaves are softer than in Podocarpus

   Retrophyllum, genus Retrophyllum

   small genus of tropical evergreen dioecious shrubs or trees of Oceania and tropical South America

   Saxe-gothea, Saxegothea, genus Saxe-gothea, genus Saxegothea

   one species: Prince Albert's yew

   Sundacarpus, genus Sundacarpus

   one species

   Sciadopitys, genus Sciadopitys

   type and sole genus of Sciadopityaceae; Japanese umbrella pines

   Taxus, genus Taxus

   yews

   Austrotaxus, genus Austrotaxus

   a gymnosperm genus having one species: New Caledonian yew

   Pseudotaxus, genus Pseudotaxus

   one species

   genus Ginkgo

   sole surviving genus of the Ginkgoaceae

   type of:

   genus

   (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species