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Coenosophyton
Genus Coenosophyton Y. Wang, H.-H. Xu Int. J. Pl. Sci., 164(1): 78. Jan 2003
- Name
- Coenosophyton
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Wang Y.
Xu H.-H.
- Publication
- Studies on a new earliest Carboniferous plant: Coenosophyton tristichus gen. et sp. nov. from China [2003/1]
- Journal
- International Journal of Plant Sciences
- Volume
- 164
- Issue
- 1
- Page number
- 78
- Year
- 2003
- Parent Taxon
- [Class] Rhacophytopsida
- Fossil Status
- stems (with sporangia)
- Type
- Coenosophyton tristichum
- Diagnosis
- The plant has at least three orders of branching axes, each order of branching occurring in three ranks, with smooth surface. Ranks separated by an angle of ca. 120 in the transverse plane. The first-order axis is upright. Appendages are arranged along the third-order axis in three ranks, with sterile and fertile terminations. Sterile appendages dichotomized twice with a pointed tip. Fertile appendages consist of paired terminal sporangia erect on the supporting axial system. Supporting axial system is dichotomized twice. Adense terminal branching system attached at the end of the first- and second-order axes.
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