Gigantocladus Doweld 2012

Gigantopteridales - Emplectopteridaceae

Synonym: Acanthocladus Yang 2006 [replaced name]

Full reference: A. B. Doweld. 2012. New generic names for Permian plants of Cathaysia. Palaeoworld 21:137-138

Parent taxon: Emplectopteridaceae according to A. B. Doweld 2012

Sister taxon: Gigantogramme

Subtaxa: Gigantocladus xyloides

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Type: Acanthocladus xyloides

Ecology: stationary C3 autotroph

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Gigantocladus in the database

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