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Halleophyton

Genus Halleophyton C.-S. Li, D. Edwards Amer. J. Bot., 84(10): 1447. 15 Oct 1997
Name
Halleophyton
Rank
Genus
Authors (Pub.)
Li C.-S. Edwards D.  
Publication
A new microphyllous plant from the Lower Devonian of Yunnan province, China [1997/10]
Journal
American Journal of Botany
Volume
84
Issue
10
Page number
1447
Year
1997
Fossil Status
stems (with sporangia)
Type
Halleophyton zhichangense
Diagnosis
Shoots with persistent undivided leaves, each with a single vein and slender lamina in sterile stems, leaf bases enlarged and contiguous forming rhomboidal to hexagonal pattern on stem. Cauline almost sessile sporangia with two equal circular to elliptical valves, splitting around entire convex margin. Strobilus absent.
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