Phlebopteris

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Phlebopteris
Temporal range: Ladinian–Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Gleicheniales
Family: Matoniaceae
Genus: Phlebopteris
Brongniart 1836
Species
  • Phlebopteris dunkeri (Schenk) Schenk 1875.
  • Phlebopteris fiemmensis Kustatscher et al, 2014
  • Phlebopteris polypodioides (type) Brongniart 1836
  • Phlebopteris woodwardii Leckenby 1864

Phlebopteris is an extinct genus of

indusium; sori with five to six annulate sporangia annulus; trilete, subtriangular, tetrahedral or round spores."[1] The oldest fossil of the genus is known from the Ladinian of Italy.[2] The genus was almost globally distributed during the Jurassic, with a concentration of species in the northern hemisphere.[1] It probably preferred moist habitats.[1]

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