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Sphenophyllum

Extinct genus of ferns From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sphenophyllum is a genus in the order Sphenophyllales.[2] It has been placed in the family Sphenophyllaceae.[1]

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Sphenophyllum
Temporal range: Devonian–Triassic
A piece of rock showing imprints of about four slender vine-like stems with small wedged-shaped leaves arranged around regularly spaced nodes.
Fossil leaves and branches of the species Sphenophyllum miravallis, Upper Carboniferous. Collection of Utrecht University
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Subclass: Equisetidae
Order: †Sphenophyllales
Family: †Sphenophyllaceae
Genus: †Sphenophyllum
Brongn. (1828)[1]
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Species

Species that have been described include:

  • †Sphenophyllum angustifolium[3]
  • †Sphenophyllum biarmicum Zalessky (1937)[4]
  • †Sphenophyllum changxingense[3]
  • †Sphenophyllum churulianum Ashw. K. Srivast. & Rigby (1963)[5][6]
  • †Sphenophyllum costae[7]
  • †Sphenophyllum crenulatum[5]Ashw. K. Srivast. & Rigby (1963)[5][8]
  • †Sphenophyllum cuneifolium (Sternb.) Zeiller (1878)[7][9]
  • †Sphenophyllum elongatum Rassk. (1961)[5][10]
  • †Sphenophyllum emarginatum Brongn. (1822) (type species)[3][5][11]
  • †Sphenophyllum fanwanense[3]
  • †Sphenophyllum gilmorei C.D. White (1929)[12]
  • †Sphenophyllum gondwanensis[5]
  • †Sphenophyllum guangzhuoense, nomen nudum[3]
  • †Sphenophyllum koboense[3]
  • †Sphenophyllum latifolium Fontaine & I.C. White (1880)[13]
  • †Sphenophyllum longifolium (Germar) Gutbier (1843)[14]
  • †Sphenophyllum lungtanense[3]
  • †Sphenophyllum majus Bronn (1834)[15]
  • †Sphenophyllum miravallis Vetter[16]
  • †Sphenophyllum oblongifolium (Germar) Unger (1850)[3][17]
  • †Sphenophyllum paranaense O. Rösler & Rohn (1984)[18]
  • †Sphenophyllum pseudotenerrimum Sze (1936)[3][19]
  • †Sphenophyllum radiatum Unger (1850)[5][20]
  • †Sphenophyllum rhodesii[3]
  • †Sphenophyllum rotundatum T. Halle (1927)[3][21]
  • †Sphenophyllum schlotheimii Brongn. (1828)[3][22]
  • †Sphenophyllum sino-coreanum H. Yabe (1922)[3][23]
  • †Sphenophyllum stoukenbergi Schmalh. (1887)[24]
  • †Sphenophyllum subtenerrimum Nath. (1902)[25]
  • †Sphenophyllum tenuifolium Fontaine & I.C. White (1880)[26]
  • †Sphenophyllum thonii Mahr (1868)[3][5][27]
  • †Sphenophyllum utkalensis[5]
  • †Sphenophyllum verticillatum[7]
  • †Sphenophyllum zwickaviense[3]

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