rhyniaceae

Noun
  1. Primitive plants of the Paleozoic (synset 113239012)
    is a type of: fern family - families of ferns and fern allies
    member holonym:
    • genus rhynia, rhynia - type genus of the Rhyniaceae; small leafless dichotomously branching fossil plants with terminal sporangia and smooth branching rhizomes
    • genus horneophyton, horneophyton - Devonian fossil plant considered one of the earliest forms of vascular land plants; similar to genus Rhynia but smaller
    belongs to: order psilophytales, psilophytales - Paleozoic simple dichotomously branched plants of Europe and eastern Canada including the oldest known vascular land plants
    same as: family rhyniaceae

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