Category:Pteridophyta

Pter`i*doph"y*ta, n. pl. Etym: [nl., from gr. (bot.)

Defn: a class of flowerless plants, embracing ferns, horsetails, club Mosses, quillworts, and other like plants. See the note under Cryptogamia. -- pter"i*do*phyte`, n.

Note: this is a modern term, devised to replace the older ones Acrogens and vascular cryptogamia.