#class_Cycadopsida__Cycadopsida__Cycadophytina__subdivision_Cycadophytina__Cycadophyta__subdivision_Cycadophyta palmlike gymnosperms: includes the surviving order Cycadales and several extinct orders; possibly not a natural group; in some systems considered a class (Cycadopsida) and in others a subdivision (Cycadophytina or Cycadophyta)
supertype: #class__clas (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
member of: #class_Gymnospermae
member: #order_Cycadales__Cycadales primitive tropical gymnosperms abundant in the Mesozoic, now reduced to a few scattered tropical forms
member: #family_Cycadaceae__Cycadaceae__cycad_family__cycadfamily ancient palmlike plants closely related to ferns in that fertilization is by means of spermatozoids
member: #genus_Cycas__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
member: #false_sago__falsesago__fern_palm__Cycas_circinalis southeastern Indian cycad with palmlike foliage
member: #family_Zamiaceae__Zamiaceae__zamia_family__zamiafamily a family of cycads often included in the family Cycadaceae: zamias
member: #genus_Zamia genus of small evergreen tropical and subtropical American cycads
member: #zamia any of various cycads of the genus Zamia; among the smallest and most verdant cycads
member: #genus_Ceratozamia small genus of Mexican cycads; sometimes classified in family Cycadaceae
member: #ceratozamia a small cycad of the genus Ceratozamia having a short scaly woody trunk and fernlike foliage and woody cones; Mexico
member: #genus_Dioon small genus of arborescent cycads of Mexico and Central America; sometimes classified in family Cycadaceae
member: #dioon any cycad of the genus Dioon; handsome palmlike cycads with robust crowns of leaves and rugged trunks
member: #genus_Encephalartos genus of arborescent African cycads; sometimes classified in family Cycadaceae
member: #encephalartos__encephalarto any of numerous cycads of the genus Encephalartos having stout cylindrical trunks and a terminal crown of long often spiny pinnate leaves
member: #kaffir_bread__Encephalartos_caffer South African cycad; the farinaceous pith of the fruit used as food
member: #genus_Macrozamia genus of large evergreen Australian cycads; sometimes classified in family Cycadaceae
member: #macrozamia any treelike cycad of the genus Macrozamia having erect trunks and pinnate leaves and large cones with sometimes edible nuts; Australia
member: #Macrozamia_communis__burrawong large attractive palmlike evergreen cycad of New South Wales
member: #burrawong__Macrozamia_spiralis large attractive palmlike evergreen cycad of New South Wales
member: #order_Bennettitales__Bennettitales fossil gymnospermous plants of the Carboniferous
member: #family_Bennettitaceae__Bennettitaceae a family of fossil gymnospermous plants of the Carboniferous
member: #genus_Bennettitis__Bennettitis type of the Bennettitales
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