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Helicophyton
Genus Helicophyton Y. Wang, H.-H. Xu Int. J. Pl. Sci., 163(3): 475. May 2002
- Name
- Helicophyton
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Wang Y.
Xu H.-H.
- Publication
- A new fossil plant from the earliest Carboniferous of China [2002/5]
- Journal
- International Journal of Plant Sciences
- Volume
- 163
- Issue
- 3
- Page number
- 475
- Year
- 2002
- Parent Taxon
- [Class] Aneurophytopsida
- Fossil Status
- stems (with sporangia)
- Type
- Helicophyton dichotomum
- Diagnosis
- Plant with main axis and two orders of branches. Main axis erect, bearing helically attached firstand second-order branches, with one appendage at the base of each lateral branch. Sterile appendages alternately arranged on the second-order branch, dichotomizing up to five times. Fertile appendages alternately inserted on second-order branches, composed of sporangia and the supporting axial system, a pair of erect sporangia at each terminal. A dense terminal branching system is attached at the end of all branches.
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