- The
zosterophylls are a
group of
extinct land
plants that
first appeared in the
Silurian period. The
taxon was
first established by
Banks in 1968 as the...
- well as the
informal "lycophyte" may be used to
include the
extinct zosterophylls or to
exclude them.
Lycophytes reproduce by
spores and have alternation...
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terminal sporangia (e.g., Cooksonia, Rhynia) with
centrarch xylem;
zosterophylls comprised plants with
lateral sporangia that
split distally (away from...
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classification remains uncertain,
although it has been
treated as a
zosterophyll.
There is one species,
Nothia aphylla.
Fossilized remains, including...
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thickened outer wall of
guard cells There is
agreement that
Sawdonia was a
zosterophyll – a
group of
plants on the line of
evolution leading to the
modern lycopodiopsids...
-
defined "
zosterophylls",
basal to the
lycopsids (living and
extinct clubmosses and relatives). Hao and Xue in 2013
listed the
genus as a
zosterophyll. Hao...
- and
their closest extinct relatives are
generally believed to be the
zosterophylls, a
paraphyletic or
plesion group.
Ignoring some
smaller extinct taxa...
- Kazakhstan.
Jugumella was
considered a
possible zosterophyll in a 2006 study. It was
listed as a
zosterophyll by Hao and Xue in 2013. Raymond, A.; Gensel...
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branching axes that grew to
heights of 30 cm. It is
aligned with the
Zosterophylls, and
produced Calamospora-type spores. Boyce, C.K. (2008). "How green...
- were
borne on the end
regions of stems.
Macivera is
considered to be a
zosterophyll. The
genus was
first described from a
small number of
specimens found...
