Cryptogamia definition

Cryptogamia





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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cryptogamia \Cryp`to*ga"mi*a\ (kr?p`t?-g?"m?-?), n.; pl.
     {Cryptogami[ae]} (-?). [NL., fr. Gr. krypto`s hidden, secret
     + ga`mos marriage.] (Bot.)
     The series or division of flowerless plants, or those never
     having true stamens and pistils, but propagated by spores of
     various kinds.


     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The subdivisions have been variously arranged. The
           following arrangement recognizes four classes: -- I.
           {{Pteridophyta}, or {Vascular Acrogens}.} These include
           Ferns, {Equiseta} or Scouring rushes, {Lycopodiace[ae]}
           or Club mosses, {Selaginelle[ae]}, and several other
           smaller orders. Here belonged also the extinct coal
           plants called {Lepidodendron}, {Sigillaria}, and
           {Calamites}. II. {{Bryophita}, or {Cellular Acrogens}}.
           These include {Musci}, or Mosses, {Hepatic[ae]}, or
           Scale mosses and Liverworts, and possibly
           {Charace[ae]}, the Stoneworts. III. {{Alg[ae]}}, which
           are divided into {Floride[ae]}, the Red Seaweeds, and
           the orders {Dictyote[ae]}, {Oospore[ae]},
           {Zoospore[ae]}, {Conjugat[ae]}, {Diatomace[ae]}, and
           {Cryptophyce[ae]}. IV. {{Fungi}}. The molds, mildews,
           mushrooms, puffballs, etc., which are variously grouped
           into several subclasses and many orders. The {Lichenes}
           or Lichens are now considered to be of a mixed nature,
           each plant partly a Fungus and partly an Alga.
           [1913 Webster] Cryptogamic
           Cryptogamian

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Cryptogamia
       n : in former classification systems: one of two major plant
           divisions, including all plants that do not bear seeds:
           ferns, mosses, algae, fungi [ant: {Phanerogamae}]

















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