Angiospermae
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ἀγγεῖον (angeîon, “container”) + σπέρμα (spérma, “seed”).
Proper noun[edit]
Angiospermae
- A taxonomic superclass within the subphylum Spermatophytina – angiosperms, flowering plants.[1]
Usage notes[edit]
- This name has been used in many classification schemes, often with significantly different rank. Circumscription has been relatively stable since the late 19th century.
Synonyms[edit]
Hypernyms[edit]
- (superclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum[1]
Hyponyms[edit]
- (superclass): Magnoliopsida[1]
Coordinate terms[edit]
- (superclass): Gymnospermae[1]
References[edit]
Flowering plant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Angiosperms on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Angiosperms on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Search for Angiospermae at APWeb
- angiosperms at the Tree of Life Web Project
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248