- may
raise both the
zosterophylls and the
Lycophytina sensu Banks to the rank of division:
Division Zosterophyllophyta =
zosterophylls, zosterophyllophytes...
-
include zosterophylls as well as
extant lycophytes and
their closest extinct relatives,
while others use
these names to
exclude zosterophylls. The name...
- and
their closest extinct relatives are
generally believed to be the
zosterophylls, a
paraphyletic or
plesion group.
Ignoring some
smaller extinct taxa...
- ISBN 978-0-521-23315-6,
quoted in Waggoner, Ben (1996),
Introduction to the
Zosterophylls,
archived from the
original on 2011-01-26 Arens, N.C.; Strömberg, C...
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terminal sporangia (e.g., Cooksonia, Rhynia) with
centrarch xylem;
zosterophylls comprised plants with
lateral sporangia that
split distally (away from...
-
developed from the side of
early stems (such as
those found in the
Zosterophylls).
Outgrowths of the
protostele (the
central vasculature)
later emerged...
-
within the
zosterophylls. A
summary cladogram produced by
Crane et al. in 2004,
shows Barinophyton and
Protobarinophyton as 'core'
zosterophylls. Taylor...
- Gondwana, to Australia. In the late Silurian, two
distinctive lineages,
zosterophylls and rhyniophytes, had
colonised the tropics. The
former evolved into...
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plants (tracheophytes) †Rhyniophyta –
rhyniophytes †Zosterophyllophyta –
zosterophylls Lycopodiophyta –
clubmosses †Trimerophytophyta –
trimerophytes Polypodiophyta...
- By the end of the
Silurian much more
complex vascular plants, the
zosterophylls, had
diversified and
primitive lycopods, such as
Baragwanathia (originally...
