Lyginopteridaceae

Sagar Kumar
Temporal range: Carboniferous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Pteridospermophyta
Order: Lyginopteridales
Family: Lyginopteridaceae
genera[1]

Lyginopteridaceae is an extinct family of plants (Pteridospermophyta) in North America and European Carboniferous coal measures.[2]

Description

Lyginopteridaceae were shrubs and vines with radiospermic ovules containing a lagenostome. They consisted of forms with monostelic stem petioles usually with single strand and small seeds. Family members include Lyginopteris and Heterangium.[3]

See also

References

  1. Anderson, J.M., Anderson, H.M, & Cleal, C.J. (2007). "Brief history of the gymnosperms: classification, biodiveristy, phytogeography and ecology". Strelitzia 20: 1–280.
  2. Cleal, C.J. & Thomas, B.A. (1995). Palaeozoic palaeobotany of Britain. Chapman and Hall, London. pp. 295 pp.
  3. Singh, V. P. (2006-01-01). Gymnosperm (naked seeds plant) : structure and development. Sarup & Sons. ISBN 9788176256711.

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