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The evolution of plants: I. Silurian and Devonian
... (up to 50 cm). Flowers developed only 250 millions of years later. Leaves didn't exist either, except for the scalelike leaves, like those of the clubmosses (click the photo on the right ... the right), which could very well be a precursor of the ferns. It lacks still leaves, but it has small hooks at the end of the branches. At the end of ...
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The evolution of plants: III. Permian, Triassic, Jurassic and Early Cretaceous
... plants could be included as well. Glossopteris plants were trees with elongated leaves with reticulate veins. On the leaves are sometimes fructifications. During the Triassic there were still Glossopteris plants, ... the Araucaria's with their regularly spaced whorls of branches and their very stiff, scalelike leaves, preventing animals to eat them. They are popular garden trees at the moment. Click ...
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Asteroxylon mackiei
... up to 1 cm. It is the biggest plant in the Rhynie Chert. The 'leaves' are scalelike like those of the clubmosses. The sporangia are attached laterally along the stem and for ... cm. Asteroxylon mackiei Star-shaped xylem Xylem and phloem Tracheids with annular and spiral thickenings Leaves Back Top
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Gomphostrobus bifidus
... scalelike leaflet. Gomphostrobus bifidus is usually found detached. This kind of leaflets did occur at the conifer plant in three ways: 1. as scales in the female cone 2. as normal leaves at trunks and branches of the penultimate order 3. as aberrant leaves Seldom they are found being still attached. Walchiostrobus Length 2 ...
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