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Protoephedritaceae
Family Protoephedritaceae G.W. Rothwell, Stockey Int. J. Pl. Sci., 174(3): 515. 15 Mar 2013
- Name
- Protoephedritaceae
- Rank
- Family
- Original spelling
- Protoephedraceae
- Authors (Pub.)
- Rothwell G. W.
Stockey R. A.
- Publication
- Evolution and phylogeny of Gnetophytes: evidence from the anatomically preserved seed cone Protoephedrites eamesii gen. et sp. nov. and the seeds of several bennettitalean species [2013/3]
- Journal
- International Journal of Plant Sciences
- Volume
- 174
- Issue
- 3
- Page number
- 515
- Year
- 2013
- Parent Taxon
- [Order] Ephedrales
- Type
- [Genus] Protoephedrites
- Diagnosis
- Gnetophyte plants with compound seed cones constructed of primary axis with decussately arranged bracts and axillary fertile shoots; fertile shoots occurring in axils of most bracts. Axis of secondary shoot with pairs of diminutive decussately arranged bracteoles and near apical pair of sporophylls with erect seeds; bracteoles not enclosing seeds.
