"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

Actinocalyx bohrii

Aculeovinea yunguiensis

Adiantites

Afrasita lejalnicoliae

Agapitocarpus

Agujoxylon olacaceoides

Alamosaurus

Alisporites

Allonia decandra

Alnipollenites

Alsmithia longipes

Amborella trichopoda

Amphorispermum

Anacostia

Androcycas santucci

Androdecidua endressii

Anomozamites

Antarcticycas schopfii

Antiquacupula

Antiquocarya

Appomattoxia ancistrophora

Aquacarpus hirsutus

Aquatifolia fluitans

Aquia brookensis

Aneurophyton

Araripia florifera

Arberiella

Archaeamphora longicervia

Archaeanthus

Archaefagacea futabensis

Archaefructus liaoningensis

Archaeopteris

Archamamelis bivalvis

Asterocelastrus cretacea

Asteropollis

Autunia

Baisia

Baisianthus

Baruligyna disticha

Baasoxylon parenchymatosum

Bedellia

Beipiaoa

Belemopteris

Betulaceoipollenites

Betulaepollenites

Bombacoxylon langstoni

Bucklandia

Brachylophus vitiensis

Brasenites kansense

Budvaecarpus

Callicrypta chlamydea

Callipteris

Callistophyton

Caloda delevoryana

Callospermarion

Cardioglossum

Carnoconites

Carnoconites cranwelliae

Caryanthus

Caspiocarpus paniculiger

Cathaysiopteridium

Cathaysiopteris

Caytonanthus

Caytonanthus arberi

Caytonia

Caytonia nathorstii

Chitaleypushpam mohgaoense

Chloranthistemon

Clavatipollenites

Coahuilanthus belindae

Coahuilacarpon phytolaccoides

Cobbania corrugata

Chontrocarpus

Couperites mauldinensis

Cretovarium

Cronquistiflora sayrevillensis

Crossozamia

Cycadeoidea

Cycadeoidella

Cycadolepis

Cycandra

Cycas revoluta

Cycas rumphii

Cymatospira

Dacrydium nausoriense

Dacrydium nidulum

Dacrycarpus imbricatus

Dadoxylon

Dahlgrenianthus

Danaeites

Deccananthus savitrii

Dechellyia gormanii

Decussocarpus vitiensis

Degeneria roseiflora

Degeneria vitiensis

Delemaya spinulosa

Delnortea abbottiae

Denkania

Detrusandra mystagoga

Dewalquea pulchella

Dicroidium odontopteroides

Dictyopteridium

Dictyozamites

Dirhopalostachys

Divisestylus

Donlesia dakotensis

Doylea tetrahedrasperma

Dressiantha bicarpellata

Drewria

Elkinsia

Elsemaria kokubunii

Emporia

Endressianthus

Endressinia brasiliana

Eoantha zerikhinii

Eoepigynia burmensis

Eophyllogonium cathayense

Ephedra

Ephedra equisetina

Eretmonia

Esgueiria futabensis

Eucalyptolaurus depreii

Eurya

Exesipollenites

Fraxinopsis

Freyantha sibirica

Fryopsis

Furcula

Gangamopteris

Gassonoxylon araliosum

Gaussia

Gigantonoclea

Gigantonoclea acuminatiloba

Gigantonoclea hallei

Gigantonoclea lagrelii

Gigantonomia

Gigantopteridium

Gigantopteris dictyophylloides

Gigantotheca

Ginkgo biloba

Glossopteris

Glossopteris sastrii

Glossotheca

Gnetum

Gnetum gnemon

Gnetum parvifolium

Gothanopteris

Gunnera

Hamatia

Haptoncus tahktajanii

Hedyosmum

Hidakanthus

Hironoia fusiformis

Hyrcantha (Sinocarpus) decussata

Hyrcantha karatscheensis

Icacinoxylon

Irania

Illiciospermum

Ischnophyton

Jambadostrobus

Javelinoxylon multiporosum

Jerseyanthus calycanthoides

Joffrea

Karibacarpon

Karkenia

Kendostrobus

Keraocarpon

Kerpia

Klitzschphyllites choffatii

Komlopteris cenozoicus

Ktalenia



L - Z

Lactoripollenites africanus

Lasiostrobus polysacci

Lauranthus

Leptostrobus

Lescuropteris

Lesqueria elocata

Leucothoe

Libanoeuaesthetus

Lidgettonia

Lidgettonia africana

Linophyllum

Liriodendroidea

Lithangium

Litocarpon beardii

Lonesomia mexicana

Lovellea wintonensis

Lusicarpus planatus

Lusistemon striatus

Lyginopteris

Mabelia archaia

Mabelia connatifila

Maiandrocarpus

Malliocarpus

Manningia

Mayoa portugallica

Mauldinia

Mauritiidites

Medullosa

Megalopteris

Menispermites potomacensis

Metcalfeoxylon kirtlandense

Microaltingia

Microvictoria

Mitocarpus

Monanthesia

Monetianthus mirus

Musa

Myricanthium

Neogigantopteridium

Neozamites

Nephropsis

Neusenia

Neuropteris

Nilssoniopteris

Nilssoniopteris vittata

Nipaniophyllum

Nipaniophyllum raoi

Noferinia fusicarpa

Nordenskioldia

Normanthus

Nuhliantha nyanziana

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

Patellilabia

Peltaspermum

Pennipollis

Pennistemon

Pentapetalum trifasciculandricus

Pentoxylon

Pentoxylon sahnii

Permuralia maculata

Perseanthus

Petriellaea

Phasmatocycas bridwellii

Picea

Pilophorosperma

Platananthus

Plataninium

Platanocarpus brookensis

Platanocarpus marylandensis

Platydiscus peltatus

Platanathus

Platanocarpus

Platanus

Pluricarpellatia peltata

Podocarpus

Polytheca

Pragocladus lauroides

Prisca reynoldsii

Progigantopteris

Protofagacea allonensis

Protohaploxypinus

Protomonimia kasai-nakajhongii

Pseudocycas

Pseudomariopteris

Pterygospermum

Pterygospermum raniganjense

Pteroma

Pteroma thomasii

Pterophyllum

Pteruchus

Ptilophyllum

Quadriplatanus georgianus

Quaestora

Raoanthus intertrappea

Raunsgaardispermum lusitanicum

Reymanownaea

Rhabtotaenia

Rehezamites

Rhexoxylon

Sagenopteris

Sagenopteris colpodes

Sahnia

Sandrewia

Sanmiguelia

Sapindopsis

Sarysua pomona

Sassafras

Saurauia

Scandianthus costatus

Schmeissneria

Scutifolium jordanicum

Shuklanthus superbum

Scutum

Selaginella

Semionogyna

Silucarpus camptostylus

Silvianthemum

Sinocarpus (Hyrcantha) decussatus

Sobernheimia jonkeri

Spanomera

Spathoxyela

Spermatocodon

Spermopteris

Spinozonocolpites

Spirematospermum chandlerae

Squamella

Stephanostoma

Strelitzia nicolai

Sulcinephropsis

Supaia

Symphaenale futabensis

Taeniopteris

Taeniopteris spatulata

Tarahumara

Taxus

Teixeiraea lusitanica

Trapago angulata

Tricoccites trigonum

Trinerviopteris

Triphyllopteris

Tubicaulis

Tylerianthus crossmanensis

Tyrmia

Umkomasia

Umkomasia macleanii

Valecarpus petiolatus

Vardekloeftia

Vardekloeftia sulcata

Vasovinea

Vertebraria

Viracarpon

Virginianthus calycanthoides

Vitreisporites

Vojnovskya paradoxa

Weinmannioxylon petriella

Weltrichia

Welwitschia

Welwitschia mirabilis

Williamsonia

Williamsonia sewardiana

Winteroxylon

Xingxueiana heilongjiangensis

Xylocarpus

Yabeiella

Zamites

Zamites tidwellii

Zeilleropteris

Zeugarocarpus



[ List of Tables ]

Table 1. Comparison of Some Hypotheses and Theories on the Origin of Angiosperms and the Flower

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

Table 3. Paleozoic and Mesozoic Fossil History of the Main Arthropod Orders of Vascular Plant Antagonists.

Table 4. Core Pteridosperms, Progymnosperms, and Cycads Without Anthophytes, Conifers, and Gigantopteroids: Character Data Matrix Process PTDSP.

Table 5. Anthophytes, Conifers, and Gigantopteroids without Core Pteridosperms: Character Data Matrix Process ANTHO.

Table 6. Mesozoic Fossil History of Subclasses, Orders, and Genera of Flowering Plants According to Cronquist (1981)

Table 7. Mesozoic Stratigraphic Distribution of Basal-, Magnoliid-, and Unclassified Angiosperms

Table 8. Mesozoic Stratigraphic Distribution of Monocots

Table 9. Mesozoic Stratigraphic Distribution of Eudicots and Ceratophyllanae (Except Core Eudicots)

Table 10. Mesozoic Stratigraphic Distribution of Core Eudicots and Unplaced Orders (Except Rosids and Asterids)

Table 11. Mesozoic Stratigraphic Distribution of the Malvid Clade of Rosids

Table 12. Mesozoic Stratigraphic Distribution of the Fabid Clade of Rosids

Table 13. Mesozoic Stratigraphic Distribution of Asterids








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