"gigantopterid" = an English noun describing large leaves with complex reticulate venation resembling the Cathaysian fossil seed plant genus Gigantopteris and North American genus Delnortea of the Permian Period, 260 million years ago"

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A - K

Acmopyle sahniana

Actinocalyx bohrii

Aculeovinea yunguiensis

Adiantites

Afrasita lejalnicoliae

Agapitocarpus

Agujoxylon olacaceoides

Alisporites

Allonia decandra

Alnipollenites

Alsmithia longipes

Amborella trichopoda

Amphorispermum

Anacostia

Androcycas santucci

Anomozamites

Antarcticycas schopfii

Antiquocarya

Appomattoxia ancistrophora

Aquatifolia fluitans

Aquia brookensis

Alamosaurus

Araripia florifera

Araucarioxylon arizonicum

Arberiella

Archaeanthus

Archaefructus liaoningensis

Archamamelis bivalvis

Asterocelastrus cretacea

Asteropollis

Austrobaileya scandens

Baruligyna disticha

Baasoxylon parenchymatosum

Bedellia

Beipiaoa

Belemopteris

Betulaceoipollenites

Betulaepollenites

Bombacoxylon langstoni

Bucklandia

Brachylophus vitiensis

Brasenites kansense

Budvaecarpus

Cabomba furcata

Callicrypta chlamydea

Callipteris

Callistophyton

Caloda delevoryana

Calophyllum

Cardioglossum

Carnoconites

Carnoconites cranwelliae

Caryanthus

Caspiocarpus paniculiger

Cathaysiopteris

Caytonanthus

Caytonanthus arberi

Caytonia

Caytonia nathorstii

Ceratophyllum demersum

Chitaleypushpam mohgaoense

Chloranthistemon

Chrysalidocarpus

Clavatipollenites

Coahuilanthus belindae

Coahuilacarpon phytolaccoides

Cobbania corrugata

Chontrocarpus

Couperites mauldinensis

Cretovarium

Cronquistiflora sayrevillensis

Cycadeoidea

Cycadolepis

Cycandra

Cycas revoluta

Cycas rumphii

Dacrydium nausoriense

Dacrydium nidulum

Dacrycarpus imbricatus

Dadoxylon

Danaeites

Deccananthus savitrii

Dechellyia gormanii

Decussocarpus vitiensis

Degeneria roseiflora

Degeneria vitiensis

Delemaya spinulosa

Delnortea abbottiae

Denkania

Detrusandra mystagoga

Dewalquea pulchella

Dicroidium odontopteroides

Dinophyton

Dirhopalostachys

Divisestylus

Dressiantha bicarpellata

Elkinsia

Elsemaria kokubunii

Endressianthus

Endressinia brasiliana

Eoantha zerikhinii

Eocursor parvus

Eoepigynia burmensis

Eophyllogonium cathayense

Eretmonia

Esquieria futabensis

Eurya

Exesipollenites

Fraxinopsis

Freyantha sibirica

Fryopsis

Furcula

Gangamopteris

Gassonoxylon araliosum

Gaussia

Gigantonoclea

Gigantonoclea acuminatiloba

Gigantonoclea hallei

Gigantonoclea lagrelii

Gigantopteridium

Gigantopteris dictyophylloides

Glossopteris

Glossotheca

Gnetum

Gnetum gnemon

Gothanopteris

Gunnera

Hamatia

Haptoncus tahktajanii

Hedyosmum

Hidakanthus

Hyrcantha (Sinocarpus) decussata

Hyrcantha karatscheensis

Icacinoxylon

Irania

Illiciospermum

Ischnophyton

Jambadostrobus

Javelinoxylon multiporosum

Jerseyanthus calycanthoides

Joffrea

Juglandicarya

Keraocarpon

Karibacarpon

Kendostrobus

Komlopteris cenozoicus



L - Z

Lactoripollenites africanus

Lauranthus

Leptostrobus

Lescuropteris

Lesqueria elocata

Leucothoe

Lidgettonia

Lidgettonia africana

Liriodendroidea

Lithangium

Litocarpon beardii

Lyginopteris

Mabelia archaia

Mabelia connatifila

Magnolia

Maiandrocarpus

Malliocarpus

Manduca sexta

Manningia

Mayoa portugallica

Mauldinia

Mauritiidites

Medullosa

Megalopteris

Menispermites potomacensis

Metcalfeoxylon kirtlandense

Mexiglossa

Microaltingia

Microvictoria

Mitocarpus

Monanthesia

Musa

Myricanthium

Nephropsis

Neusenia

Neuropteris

Nicotiana attenuata

Nilssoniopteris

Nipaniophyllum

Nipaniophyllum raoi

Nordenskioldia

Nuhliantha nyanziana

Nuphar advena

Ogmodon

Otozamites

Ottokaria

Pachypteris papillosa

Pageoxylon cretaceum

Palaeoanthella huangii

Palaeocarpinus

Paleoenkianthus sayrevillensis

Palaeogoniopteris

Paleanthus problematicus

Paleoclusia chevalieri

Palmoxylon cliffwoodensis

Palmoxylon pristina

Palmoxylon simperi

Pandanus

Pannaulika triassica

Paradinandra suecica

Paraphyllanthoxylon anazasii

Paraalnipollenites

Parasaurauia allonensis

Paravojnovskya imbricata

Pennipollis

Pennistemon

Pentoxylon

Pentoxylon sahnii

Perseanthus

Phasmatocycas bridwellii

Pilophorosperma

Platananthus

Plataninium

Platanocarpus brookensis

Platanocarpus marylandensis

Platydiscus peltatus

Platanathus

Platanocarpus

Platanus

Polytheca

Pragocladus lauroides

Prisca reynoldsii

Protofagacea allonensis

Protohaploxypinus

Protomonimia kasai-nakajhongii

Pseudocycas

Pterogospermum

Pteroma

Pteroma thomasii

Pterophyllum

Pteruchus

Ptilophyllum

Quaestora

Raoanthus intertrappea

Reymanownaea

Rhabtotaenia

Rhexoxylon

Sagenopteris

Sagenopteris colpodes

Sahnia

Sahnianthus dinectrianum

Sahnianthus shuklai

Sandrewia

Sanmiguelia

Sapindopsis

Sarcandra chloranthoides

Sarysua pomona

Sassafras

Saurauia

Scandianthus costatus

Schilderia adamanica

Schisandra chinensis

Schmeissneria

Scutifolium jordanicum

Shuklanthus superbum

Scutum

Selaginella

Semionogyna

Silvianthemum

Sinocarpus (Hyrcantha) decussatus

Squamella

Spanomera

Spermatocodon

Spermopteris

Spinozonocolpites

Spirematospermum chandlerae

Stephanostoma

Sulcinephropsis

Taeniopteris

Taeniopteris spatulata

Tarahumara

Teixeiraea lusitanica

Trapago angulata

Tricoccites trigonum

Trimenia papuana

Triphyllopteris

Trudopollis

Tubicaulis

Tylerianthus crossmanensis

Umkomasia

Umkomasia macleanii

Vardekloeftia

Vardekloeftia sulcata

Vasovinea

Vertebraria

Victoria cruziana

Viracarpon

Virginianthus calycanthoides

Vitreisporites

Vojnovskya paradoxa

Weinmannioxylon petriella

Weltrichia

Williamsonia

Williamsonia sewardiana

Winteroxylon

Woodworthia arizonica

Xingxueiana heilongjiangensis

Xylocarpus

Yabeiella

Zamites

Zamites tidwellii

Zeilleropteris

Zeugarocarpus



[ List of Tables ]

Table 1. Preliminary Comparison of Hypotheses and "Theories" on the Origin of Angiosperms

Table 2. Fossil History of the Provisional Orders of Seed Plants (Excluding Flowering Plants)

Table 3. Mesozoic Seed Plants: Summary of Some Diagnostic Anatomical and Morphological Characters

Table 4. Mesozoic Fossil History of Subclasses, Orders, and Genera of Flowering Plants

Table 5. Mesozoic Stratigraphic Distribution of the Archaemagnoliidae, Magnoliidae, and Unclassified Angiosperms

Table 6. Mesozoic Stratigraphic Distribution of the Hamamelidae

Table 7. Mesozoic Stratigraphic Distribution of the Caryophyllidae

Table 8. Mesozoic Stratigraphic Distribution of the Dilleniidae

Table 9. Mesozoic Stratigraphic Distribution of the Rosidae

Table 10. Mesozoic Stratigraphic Distribution of the Asteridae

Table 11. Mesozoic Stratigraphic Distribution of the Alismatidae

Table 12. Mesozoic Stratigraphic Distribution of the Arecidae

Table 13. Mesozoic Stratigraphic Distribution of the Commelinidae

Table 14. Mesozoic Stratigraphic Distribution of the Liliidae

Table 15. Mesozoic Stratigraphic Distribution of the Zingiberidae


S I T E    M A P

  • Article
  • Degeneriaceae of Fiji: Living "Fossil" Magnoliids
  • Origin of Angiosperms (Flowering Plants)
  • Anatomic and Developmental Considerations
  • Angiosperm Traits (Traditional Definitions)
  • Anthophyte Hypothesis
  • Architecture, Body Plans, and Mutualism
  • Biome and Paleogeographically-based Hypotheses
  • Cell Geometry of Shoot Apical Meristems (SAM's)
  • Chloranthoid Hypothesis
  • Chloroplast Capture and Horizontal Transfer of Genes
  • Coevolution and Population Paleoecology
  • Comparing Theories and Hypotheses
  • Conclusions (on the Origin of Angiosperms)
  • Developmental Switches and the Origin of Flowers
  • Developmentally and Genetically-based Theories
  • Discussion (Thigmomorphogenetic/Coevolutionary Hypothesis)
  • Ecologic Considerations
  • Existing Theories and Hypotheses
  • Gene and Genome Duplications
  • General Paleontologic Survey of Seed Plants
  • Genetic Considerations
  • Gonophyll Hypothesis
  • Homeotic Selector Genes
  • Hormone Signaling
  • Hypoxic, Hot-House, Triassic Fitness Landscapes
  • Insect Hexamerins: Molecular Evolution and Steroid Hormone Signaling
  • Interspecific Hybridization
  • Leaf and Floral Development
  • Literature Cited (Angiosperm Origins)
  • Meristem Identity and Integrator Genes
  • Molecular Paleobotany
  • Molecular Phylogenetic Approach
  • Multiple Origins Hypotheses
  • Natural Products
  • Paleoecology of Global Catastrophe
  • Paleoecology of Permo-Triassic Seed Plants
  • Paleoherb Hypothesis (including Burger's Monocot Theory)
  • Phylogenetic Systematics
  • Physiologic Considerations
  • Physiology and Molecular Biology of Flowering
  • Plant Growth Hormones, Secretions, and Volatiles
  • Possible Problems with Existing Data Sets
  • Pseudanthial Theory
  • Reproductive Module Development
  • Seed Fern Hypothesis
  • Shrub Lifeboats
  • Thigmomorphogenesis
  • Thigmomorphogenetic/Coevolutionary Hypothesis
  • Unifying Theories
  • Woody Magnoliid Hypothesis
  • Paleobotany of Angiosperm Origins
  • Angiosperm Classification Systems
  • Bennettitales
  • Caytoniales
  • Conclusions (on the Paleobotany of Angiosperm Origins)
  • Conifers
  • Corystospermales
  • Cycadales
  • Cretaceous Alismatidae
  • Cretaceous and Jurassic Archaemagnoliidae
  • Cretaceous Arecidae
  • Cretaceous Asteridae
  • Cretaceous Caryophyllidae
  • Cretaceous Commelinidae
  • Cretaceous Dilleniidae
  • Cretaceous Hamamelidae
  • Cretaceous Liliidae
  • Cretaceous Magnoliidae
  • Cretaceous Monocotyledonous Angiosperms
  • Cretaceous Rosidae
  • Cretaceous Zingiberidae
  • Gigantopteridales
  • Glossopteridales
  • Gnetales
  • Literature Cited (on the Paleobotany of Angiosperm Origins)
  • Mesozoic Angiosperms (Paleodiversity of-)
  • Mesozoic Fossil History of Dicotyledonous Flowering Plants
  • Paleobiodiversity of Mesozoic Seed Plants
  • Paleobiodiversity of Mesozoic Seed Plants (Summary of-)
  • Paleobotanical Challenges and Available Paleontologic Evidence
  • Paleozoic Spermopterids and Phasmatocycas
  • Pentoxylales
  • Permian Delnortea
  • Permian Standard Section: Depositional Environments
  • Phylogenetic Systematics and Paleobotany
  • Triassic Enigmatic Anthophytes
  • Vojnovskyales
  • Paleobiogeography of Angiosperm Origins
  • American Permian Paleofloras
  • Angaran Permian Paleofloras
  • Cathaysian Permian Paleofloras
  • Cretaceous Floral Stages and Zones
  • Cretaceous Floras
  • Euramerian Permian Paleofloras
  • Fiji Islands of the Southwest Pacific
  • Jurassic Floras
  • Bibliography (on Paleobiogeography of Angiosperm Origins)
  • Pacific Islands with Continental Faunas and Floras
  • Paleobiogeography of Island Arcs
  • Permian Floras
  • Triassic Floras
  •  

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