Stauropteridaceae

Stauropteridaceae
Temporal range:
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Pteridophyta
Order: †Stauropteridales
Family: †Stauropteridaceae
Genera

†Stauropteris
†Gillespiea
†Rowleya

Stauropteridaceae is a family of ferns or fern-like plants from the Devonian and Upper Carboniferous. It is the only family placed in the order Stauropteridales.[1] Some, like Stauropteris oldhamia, were homosporous, and others, like S. berwickensis and Gillespiea randolphensis, were heterosporous.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Thomas N. Taylor, Edith L. Taylor, Michael Krings: Paleobotany. The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants. Second Edition, Academic Press 2009, ISBN 978-0-12-373972-8, p. 405-407.
  2. ↑ The fern Stauropteris oldhamia Binney: New data on branch development and adaptive significance of the hypodermal aerenchyma
  3. ↑ Gillespiea randolphensis gen. et sp.nov. (Stauropteridales), from the Upper Devonian of West Virginia
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