nomenclatorial act:
subsequent publication
Bibliography:
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8
diagnosis:
(mainly deduced from Barthel et al., 1998): Probably rather shallowly rooted bushes with slender aerial axes up to 2m tall, unbranched or once bifurcate, showing spirally arranged rhombic leaf cushions with permanently attached, repeatedly dichotomised, simple veined leaves. Seed and pollen bearing organs constituting small strobili occur interspersed with and in substitution of leaves; both female and male strobili being found on the same axes. winged seeds of Samaropsis aspect.
systematic position:
Gymnosperm, Dicranophyllales Nemejc 1959 emend. Archangelsky & Cuneo 1990, Dicranophyllaceae Nemejc 1959 emend. Archangelski & Cuneo 1990
Classification:
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