Subdivision Gneticae
Class Gnetopsida

The three representative Orders are a heterogeneous group of some 70 species. Unique among the gymnosperms for having vessels in the xylem.

  1. Order Ephderales - Ephedra
  2. Order Gnetales - Gnetum
  3. Order Welwitschiales - Welwitschia

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