Phlebopteris
Phlebopteris Temporal range:
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Gleicheniales |
Family: | Matoniaceae |
Genus: | †Phlebopteris Brongniart 1836 |
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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]
References
- ^ ISSN 2524-4507.
- ^ "The ferns of the late Ladinian, Middle Triassic flora from Monte Agnello, Dolomites, N-Italy - Acta Palaeontologica Polonica". www.app.pan.pl. Retrieved 2020-11-30.