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Leclercqia
Genus Leclercqia H.P. Banks, Bonamo, J.D. Grierson Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 14(1-2): 35. 8 Aug 1972
- Name
- Leclercqia
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Banks H. P.
Bonamo P. M.
Grierson J. D.
- Publication
- Leclercqia complexa gen. et sp. nov., a new lycopod from the Late Middle Devonian of eastern New York [1972/8]
- Journal
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 1-2
- Page number
- 35
- Year
- 1972
- Parent Taxon
- [Family] Leclercqiaceae
- Fossil Status
- stems (with sporangia)
- Type
- Leclercqia complexa
- Diagnosis
- Slender, leafy, lycopodiaceous plant with leaves arranged in a tight spiral. Leaves divided near their mid-point into one elongate, central and two divided, lateral segments. Central segment usually sharply recurved abaxially. Vascular tissue a solid strand of primary xylem with longitudinal ridges of protoxylem on its periphery. Leaf traces oblique and continued in the leaf as a single vein. Sporangia adaxial, attached just proximal to the divisions of the sporophyll. Spores with curvaturae perfectae, elongate spinae on a complete equatorial flange, biform ornamentation on proximal and distal surfaces. Plant probably homosporous.
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