Guangnania

Guangnania was a genus of Early Devonian land plant with branching axes.[2] It is thought to be related to the zosterophylls.[1]

Guangnania
Temporal range: Pragian to Emsian[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Lycophytes
Plesion: †Zosterophylls (?)
Genus: †Guangnania
Species:
†G. cuneata
Binomial name
†Guangnania cuneata
Wang, 2002

References
  1. Wang, D. (2002). "Guangnania cuneata gen. Et sp. Nov. From the Lower Devonian of Yunnan Province, China". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 122 (1–2): 13–82. doi:10.1016/S0034-6667(02)00089-1.
  2. Boyce, C.K. (2008). "How green was Cooksonia? The importance of size in understanding the early evolution of physiology in the vascular plant lineage". Paleobiology. 34 (2): 179–194. doi:10.1666/0094-8373(2008)034[0179:HGWCTI]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0094-8373.


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