Notes on Protolepidodendrales | Plants

The Protolepidodendridae comprising of the single order Protolepidodendrales consist of Palaeozoic fossils extending from the Silurian to the Devonian. They are usually placed within a single family Protolepidodendraceae which may be rather artificial as the details of most of the genera are not known. The sporophytes were herbaceous with the branches densely covered by microphyllous, eligulate leaves. Sporophylls were dispersed [...]