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Lepidodendron
Lepidodendron Lep`i*do*den"dron (-dr[o^]n), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
lepi`s -i`dos, a scale + de`ndron tree.] (Paleon.)
A genus of fossil trees of the Devonian and Carboniferous
ages, having the exterior marked with scars, mostly in
quincunx order, produced by the separation of the leafstalks.
Meaning of Lepidodendron from wikipedia
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Lepidodendron is an
extinct genus of
primitive lycopodian vascular plants belonging the
order Lepidodendrales. It is well
preserved and
common in the...
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which had been
briefly deforested by flooding:
Synchysidendron and
Lepidodendron in mineral-soil
areas and
Lepidophloios in peat areas.
Cordaites may...
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Carboniferous and
Permian periods. It is
related to the more
famous Lepidodendron, and more
distantly to
modern quillworts. This
genus is
known in the...
- significantly.
During the Carboniferous, tree-like
plants (such as
Lepidodendron, Sigillaria, and
other extinct genera of the
order Lepidodendrales)...
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system of
aerating tissues. Two
other parichnos channels can be
found on
Lepidodendron stem surfaces,
though these do not
occur in the Diaphorodendraceae....
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trunks 30
meters high and up to 1.5
meters in diameter.
These included Lepidodendron (with its
fruit cone
called Lepidostrobus), Halonia,
Lepidophloios and...
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rooting structures of
arborescent lycophytes such as
Sigillaria and
Lepidodendron under the
order Lepidodendrales. The
Paleozoic swamps had tree-like...
- microphylls. Lycopodites, an
early lycopod-like
fossil External mold of
Lepidodendron from the
Upper Carboniferous of Ohio.
Lycopod bark
showing leaf scars...
- club moss, with
arborescent forms named Lepidophloios,
Sigillaria and
Lepidodendron, and
herbaceous forms called Lycopodites and Cormophyton; sphenopsids...
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Lepidodendron, an
extinct lycophyte tree...
