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Dibracophyton
Genus Dibracophyton S.-G. Hao, J.-Z. Xue, X. Zhu, De-M. Wang Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 171: 74. 1 Feb 2012
- Name
- Dibracophyton
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Hao S.-G.
Xue J.-Z.
Zhu X.
Wang D.-M.
- Publication
- A new genus of Early Devonian plants with novel strobilar structures and vegetative appendages from the Posongchong Formation of Yunnan, China [2012/2]
- Journal
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
- Volume
- 171
- Page number
- 74
- Year
- 2012
- Fossil Status
- stems (with sporangia)
- Type
- Dibracophyton acrovatum
- Diagnosis
- Plant with creeping axes, from which arise vegetative and fertile axes. Vegetative axes bearing lateral appendages in a helical arrangement; lateral appendages dichotomous, with curved, acuminate or round tips. Fertile axes terminated by strobili, which comprise fertile units arranged in irregular helices. Each fertile unit generally long-ovate in abaxial view, comprising a sporangium and two discrete bracts; sporangium being covered by two bracts from above and below directions. Sporangia stalked, long-elliptical in abaxial view, dehiscing along the whole margin into two equal valves.
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