Sporogonites
Extinct genus of Devonian plants
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Sporogonites was a genus of Lower Devonian[2] land plant with branching axes.[3] It is known from Europe, Australia and Newfoundland.[4][5] It resembles a moss in that many straight axes, which grew to about five centimetres in height and possess terminal sporangia, grow from a planar basal surface.[2] Its spores were trilete and around 30 μm across.[2]
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Setaphyta |
| Division: | Bryophyta (?) |
| Genus: | †Sporogonites Halle, 1916 |
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