Utrechtiaceae
Extinct family of conifers
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Utrechtiaceae is an extinct family of trees related to modern conifers.[1] This family dates back to the late Carboniferous and Early Permian.[2]
| Utrechtiaceae | |
|---|---|
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| Fossil of Utrechtia piniformis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | †Voltziales |
| Family: | †Utrechtiaceae Mapes & G. W. Rothwell |
Description
They were forest trees with almost horizontal standing leafy lateral shoots and with vertical tribes. They were generally small trees.[2] At least with Utrechtia piniformis the side shoots are in whorls.[3]
Like other Voltzialean plants, they had compact ovulate cones bearing bilateral bract-scale complexes. The leaves are scale-like, arranged spirally and only a few millimeters long.
Genera
Utrechtiaceae includes the following selected genera:[1][2]
- Carpentiera Nemejc & Augusta, 1934
- Czatkalostrobus L.I.Savizkaja, 1975
- Dvinostrobus A.V.Gomankov & S.V.Meyen, 1986
- Ernestiodendron Florin, 1934
- Lebachia R.Florin, 1938
- Macdonaldodendron H.J.Falcon-Lang, F.Kurzawe & S.G.Lucas, 2014
- Moyliostrobus C.N.Miller & J.T.Brown, 1973
- Ortiseia R.Florin, 1964
- Utrechtia G.W.Rothwell & G.Mapes, 2003
- Walchia Sternberg, 1825
- Walchianthus Florin, 1940
- Walchiostrobus Florin, 1940
See also
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Data related to Voltziales at Wikispecies
