Lyginopteris

Lyginopteris
Temporal range: Late Carboniferous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridospermatophyta
Genus: Lyginopteris

Lyginopteris is a genus of Late Carboniferous seed fern that was sometimes parasitized.[1]

References

  1. Strullu-Derrien, C.; Kenrick, P.; Rioult, J. P.; Strullu, D. G. (2010). "Evidence of parasitic Oomycetes (Peronosporomycetes) infecting the stem cortex of the Carboniferous seed fern Lyginopteris oldhamia". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278: 675. doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.1603.


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