Guangnania

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Guangnania
Temporal range: PragianEmsian[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Lycophytes
Plesion: Zosterophylls (?)
Genus: Guangnania
D.-M.Wang & S.-G.Hao, 2002
Species:
G. cuneata
Binomial name
Guangnania cuneata
D.-M.Wang & S.-G.Hao, 2002

Guangnania was a genus of Early Devonian land plant with branching axes.[2] It is thought to be related to the zosterophylls.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Wang, D. (2002). "Guangnania cuneata gen. Et sp. Nov. From the Lower Devonian of Yunnan Province, China". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 122 (1–2): 13–82. doi:10.1016/S0034-6667(02)00089-1.
  2. ^ Boyce, C.K. (2008). "How green was Cooksonia? The importance of size in understanding the early evolution of physiology in the vascular plant lineage". Paleobiology. 34 (2): 179–194. doi:10.1666/0094-8373(2008)034[0179:HGWCTI]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0094-8373.