Bracteophyton
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bracteophyton-236-6194157
title:
Bracteophyton
text:
Bracteophyton is a genus of extinct vascular plants of the Early Devonian comprising a single species, Bracteophyton variatum. Fossils were first found in the Xujiachong Formation of eastern Yunnan, China. The smooth stems (axes) mainly branched dichotomously. They bore terminal 'spikes' (strobili) consisting of spirally arranged fertile 'units'. Each unit was made up of one or two bracts and a spore-forming organ (sporangium) between a bract and the stem. It appears that the sporangium released
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description:
Extinct genus of vascular plants
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracteophyton
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date modified:
2022-10-13T23:05:07Z
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