Biology:Furcula granulifer
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Short description: Extinct genus of plants
| Furcula granulifer | |
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| Venation plus diagrams interpreting the venation of Furcula | |
Scientific classification 
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| Missing taxonomy template (fix): | Furcula (plant) |
| Species: | Template:Taxonomy/Furcula (plant)F. granulifer
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| Template:Taxonomy/Furcula (plant)Furcula granulifer Harris, 1932
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Furcula is a genus of extinct plant from Late Triassic Greenland. It contains one species, F. granulifer. The leaves of Furcula have complex net-like veins like those of angiosperms (flowering plants); because of this, it was long considered a possible stem-group angiosperm. However, a recent reinvestigation suggests it is a peltasperm (a type of "seed fern") that convergently evolved angiosperm-like veins.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Harris, T.M. (1932) (in en). The Fossil Flora of Scoresby Sound, East Greenland: Part 2: Description of seed plants incertae sedis together with a discussion of certain cycadophyte cuticles.. pp. 4–7.
- ↑ Coiro, Mario; McLoughlin, Stephen; Steinthorsdottir, Margret; Vajda, Vivi; Fabrikant, Dolev; Seyfullah, Leyla J. (2024-04-16). "Parallel evolution of angiosperm-like venation in Peltaspermales: a reinvestigation of Furcula" (in en). New Phytologist 242 (6): 2845–2856. doi:10.1111/nph.19726. ISSN 0028-646X. PMID 38623034.
- ↑ "Seed ferns: Plants experimented with complex leaf vein networks 201 million years ago" (in en). https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240416115952.htm.
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