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Hedeia

Taxonomy
Hedeia was named by Cookson (1935). It is not extant. Its type is Hedeia corymbosa.

It was assigned to Psilophytophyta by Andrews (1970).

Species
H. corymbosa (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
H. sinica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Hedeia Cookson
1970Hedeia Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomEmbryophyta
RankNameAuthor
phylumPsilophytophyta
genusHedeiaCookson 1935

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Hedeia Cookson 1935
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†Hedeia corymbosa Cookson 1935
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Ludlow to the top of the Givetian or 427.40000 to 382.70000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Australia (Victoria) H. gracilis (53660) H. sp. (20754)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6China (Yunnan) H. sinica (11004)
Pragian - Emsian410.8 - 393.3Kazakhstan H. parvula (32851)
Pragian - Middle Devonian410.8 - 382.7Australia (Victoria) H. sp. (20896)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Arizona) H. sp. (22756)