lycophyte

American  

[lahykuh-fahyt] / ˈlaɪkəˌfaɪt /

noun

lycophytes plural

1. a plant belonging to the phylum Lycophyta, which is composed of spore-producing vascular plants with microphylls.

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lycophyte Scientific  

/ lī′kə-fīt′ /

1. Any of various seedless vascular plants belonging to the phylum Lycophyta and characterized by microphylls (primitive leaves found in ancient plants). Among lycophytes, the sporophyte is the dominant generation (the large plant). Lycophytes first appeared in the Devonian period, and lycophyte trees were abundant in the ancient forests of the Carboniferous period. Modern lycophytes include such plants as the club mosses and the resurrection plant (Selaginella lepidophylla).

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• lycophytes
  plural

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lycophytes

Homosporous lycophytes, a group of seedless vascular plants, show extraordinary genomic stability.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 18, 2024

An international team of researchers has uncovered a remarkable genetic phenomenon in lycophytes, which are similar to ferns and among the oldest land plants.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 18, 2024

However, the researchers found that these homosporous lycophytes often retained both sets of genes with relatively few alterations, even after hundreds of millions of years of evolution.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 18, 2024

It includes the following categories from top to bottom: Ancestral green algae, embroyphytes, two extinct species, lycophytes, pterophytes, spermatophytes.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015