pteridophyte
pteridophyte Former name for a phyla (Pteridophyta) of spore-bearing vascular plants. At one time, pteridophytes were taken to include club mosses, horsetails and ferns. These plants have similar life cycles but in other respects are quite distinct and are now classified as separate phyla (divisions). See also tracheophyte
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