Gnetophyta | |
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Welwitschia mirabilis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | |
Division: | Gnetophyta
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Class: | Gnetopsida
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Families & genera | |
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The Gnetophytes are a group of seed plants with three genera. Their evolutionary relationships are unclear, but it is now clear that they are related to each other.[1]
The three genera are:
By looking at the structure of these organisms (morphology) and the DNA (molecular taxonomy), scientists have found that Gnetum and Welwitschia are more closely related to each other than to Ephedra.[2][3][4][5]
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