Leclercqia

Leclercqia is a genus of early ligulate lycophyte (clubmoss), known as fossils from the Middle Devonian of Australia, North America, Germany, and Belgium.^[1]

Species

Distinct species include:

There has been question as to whether Leclercqia complexa is assigned to the correct genus; only a poorly preserved specimen exists.^[4]

↑ Taylor, Thomas N.; Taylor, Edith L. (1993). The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. p. 139. ISBN 0-13-651589-4.
↑ Sanders, Robert (10 April 2014). "Graduate student brings extinct plants to life". UC Berkeley News Center. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
↑ Xu, Hong-He; Berry, Christopher M.; Wang, Yi; Marshall, John E. A. "A New Species of Leclercqia Banks, Bonamo et Grierson (Lycopsida) from the Middle Devonian of North Xinjiang, China, with a Possible Climbing Habit". International Journal of Plant Sciences. The University of Chicago Press. 172 (6): 836–846. doi:10.1086/660195.
↑ Xu, Hong-He; Wang, Qi (2009). "Reconsideration of a specimen attributed to Leclercqia complexa (Lycopsida) from the Lower Devonian of Sichuan, South China". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 153 (3): 331–335. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2008.09.007.

Early land flora

Related links	Evolutionary history of plants Rhynie chert External link directory

The first...?	Vascular plant, Cooksonia Tree, Wattieza Lycopods, the Drepanophycales and the zosterophylls Fungus fossil, Ornatifilum Lichen, Spongiophyton

Enigmatic taxa	Cuticular remains: Bitelaria Cosmochlaina Nematothallus Orestovia Protosalvinia Spongiophyton Other: Pachytheca Prototaxites.

Sister taxa	Green algae: Charophyta, from which land plants evolved Chaetocladus, an early alga

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