HyperDic: family_rhyniaceae

English > 1 sense of the expression family Rhyniaceae:
NOUNplantfamily Rhyniaceae, Rhyniaceaeprimitive plants of the Paleozoic
English > family Rhyniaceae: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningPrimitive plants of the Paleozoic.
SynonymRhyniaceae
Member ofPsilophytales, order PsilophytalesPaleozoic simple dichotomously branched plants of Europe and eastern Canada including the oldest known vascular land plants
MembersHorneophyton, genus HorneophytonDevonian fossil plant considered one of the earliest forms of vascular land plants
Rhynia, genus Rhyniatype genus of the Rhyniaceae
Broaderfern familyfamilies of ferns and fern allies

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