Cyclostigma
Extinct genus of spore-bearing plants
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Cyclostigma is a genus of extinct plants belonging to the Lycopodiopsida (lycopsids).
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Lycophytes |
| Class: | Lycopodiopsida |
| Genus: | †Cyclostigma Haught., nom. cons.[1] |
Taxonomy
Cyclostigma Haught. was first used by Samuel Haughton in 1859 for the type species C. kiltorkense.[1] The name Cyclostigma has been used for a genus no fewer than four times. Three are synonyms:
- Cyclostigma Hochst. ex Endl. is a synonym of Voacanga Thouars.[2] This is the oldest name, dating from 1842, and so would normally have priority but Cyclostigma Haught. has been conserved against it.[1]
- Cyclostigma Klotzsch is a synonym of Croton L.[3]
- Cyclostigma Phil. is a synonym of Leptoglossis Benth.[4]
