Aethophyllum
authorship:
Brongniart, 1828
rank:
genus
type species: Aethophyllum stipulare Brongniart, 1828
Voltziaceae
Unranked:
Voltziaceae
Voltziaceae C.A. Arnold 1947
nomenclatorial act:
subsequent publication
Page:
127
diagnosis:
Voltzialean plants with compact ovulate cones bearing bilateral bract-scale complexes; sterile bracts generally fused to axis of scale, free beyond (fully free in Pseudovoltzia), and generally unforked towards tip (forked only in Voltziopsis); ovuliferous scales mostly 1-, 3-, or 5-lobed; ovules 1-5, inverted.
systematic position:
Pinopsida, Voltziales
