Ancient noeggerathialean reveals the seed plant sister group diversified alongside the primary seed plant radiation
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Wang, Jun
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Hilton, Jason
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Pfefferkorn, Hermann W.
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Wang, Shijun
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Zhang, Yi
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Bek, Jiri
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Pšenička, Josef
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Seyfullah, Leyla J.
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Dilcher, David
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2021
2021-03-08
118
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2013442118
journal article
10.1073/pnas.2013442118
PMC7980368
33836571
4596604
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Noeggerathiales Nemejc J. Wang et al.
emend. nov.
Emended Order diagnosis—Heterosporous plants with compact, bisporangiate pseudostrobilus. Sporophylls laterally basally fused to form a semidisc or disk. Sporangia sessile, attached to sporophyll surface. Leaf once-pinnate, compound, with multiveined pinnule. Pseudostrobilus and leaf rachis with bilateral, Ω- shaped vascular bundle and secondary xylem.