Ferugliocladus
authorship:
Archangelsky & Cuneo, 1987
rank:
genus
Type species: Ferugliocladus riojanum Archangelsky & Cuneo, 1987.
Ferugliocladus
Unranked:
Ferugliocladus
Ferugliocladus gen. nov.
nomenclatorial act:
protologue/first publication
Page:
11
diagnosis:
Shoots branching up to fifth order, attached radially and irregularly at acute angles, straight to slightly curved, leafless or with helically disposed leaves. Leaves all of one kind, lanceolate, acute, with a single vein. Female cones compact, ovoid to subrounded, terminal; composed of simple bracts and free ovules or ovuliferous complexes (see p.5) attached helically to the cone axis. Presumed ovules or ovuliferous complexes axillary to subaxillary, ovules orthotropous with bifid apex.
systematic position:
conifers, Ferugliocladaceae
typeseries:
Ferugliocladus riojanum sp. nov.
