Leclercqia
Temporal range:
L. complexa, New York State Museum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Lycophytes
Class: Lycopodiopsida
Order: †Protolepidodendrales
Genus: †Leclercqia
H.P.Banks, Bonamo & Grierson (1973)
Species

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Leclercqia is a genus of early ligulate lycopsids (clubmosses), known as fossils from the Middle Devonian of Australia, North America, Germany, and Belgium.[1] It has been placed in the Protolepidodendrales.[2]

Species

Distinct species include:

  • Leclercqia scolopendra[3]
  • Leclercqia uncinata[4]
  • Leclercqia andrewsii[5]

There has been question as to whether Leclercqia complexa is assigned to the correct genus; only a poorly preserved specimen exists.[6]

Short lengths of compressed stems of Leclercqia are intermixed among several other plant types in this lens, including remains of Sawdonia ornata and Psilophyton sp. indet.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Taylor, Thomas N.; Taylor, Edith L. (1993). The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. p. 139. ISBN 0-13-651589-4.
  2. ↑ Hao, Shougang & Xue, Jinzhuang (2013). The early Devonian Posongchong flora of Yunnan: a contribution to an understanding of the evolution and early diversification of vascular plants. Beijing: Science Press. p. 196. ISBN 978-7-03-036616-0. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
  3. ↑ Sanders, Robert (10 April 2014). "Graduate student brings extinct plants to life". UC Berkeley News Center. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  4. ↑ Xu, Hong-He; Berry, Christopher M.; Wang, Yi; Marshall, John E. A. (2011). "A New Species of Leclercqia Banks, Bonamo et Grierson (Lycopsida) from the Middle Devonian of North Xinjiang, China, with a Possible Climbing Habit" (PDF). International Journal of Plant Sciences. The University of Chicago Press. 172 (6): 836–846. doi:10.1086/660195. S2CID 53454649.
  5. ↑ Gensel, Patricia; Kasper, Andrew (2005). "A new species of the Devonian lycopod genus, Leclercqia, from the Emsian of New Brunswick, Canada". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 137: 105–123. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2006.02.006.
  6. ↑ Xu, Hong-He; Wang, Qi (2009). "Reconsideration of a specimen attributed to Leclercqia complexa (Lycopsida) from the Lower Devonian of Sichuan, South China". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 153 (3): 331–335. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2008.09.007.
  7. ↑ Gensel, Patricia G.; Albright, Victoria M. (2006). "Leclercqia complexa from the Early Devonian (Emsian) of northern New Brunswick, Canada". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 142 (3–4): 103–121. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2006.02.006.


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