Sporogonites Explained

Sporogonites was a genus of Lower Devonian land plant with branching axes.[1] It is known from Europe, Australia and Newfoundland.[2] [3] 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.[4] Its spores were trilete and around 30 μm across.

Notes and References

  1. Boyce . C.K. . How green was Cooksonia? The importance of size in understanding the early evolution of physiology in the vascular plant lineage . Paleobiology . 34 . 179–194 . 2008 . 2 . 10.1666/0094-8373(2008)034[0179:HGWCTI]2.0.CO;2 . 0094-8373 .
  2. Lacey . W. S. . 10.1111/j.1469-185X.1969.tb00825.x . Fossil Bryophytes . Biological Reviews . 44 . 189–205 . 1969 . 2 . 221530283 .
  3. Web site: Sporogonites. GBIF Portal. 17 July 2011.
  4. Book: Paleobotany: the biology and evolution of fossil plants . 978-0-12-373972-8 . Taylor, Thomas N . Taylor, Edith L . Krings, Michael . 2009.

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