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Iridopteridales

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Iridopteridales
Reconstruction of the external anatomy of the Devonian plant Ibyka amphikoma Skog & Banks, from the original description[1]
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Pteridophyta (?)
Class: †Cladoxylopsida
Order: †Iridopteridales
Genera

†Arachnoxylon
†Compsocradus
†Iridopteris
†Metacladophyton
†Ibyka
†Serripteris
†Asteropteris
†Anapaulia
†Keraphyton[2]
†Rotoxylon

Iridopteridales is an order of the extinct cladoxylopsids. It contains the genus Ibyka which is a possible ancestor of the horsetails.[3]

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