Synonym: Gonophylloides Maheshwari
Parent taxon: Glossopteridales according to S. Chandra and R. Tewari 1991
See also Andrews 1970 and Lakhanpal et al. 1976
Sister taxa: Arberiaceae, Jambadostrobus, Mahudaea, Ghoshialepis, Lidgettonia, Schopfia, Dictyopteridium, Venustostrobus, Denkania, Vertebraria, Gondwanolepis, Plumsteadiostrobus, Scopus, Kendostrobus, Bankolaea, Cistella, Indocarpus, Partha, Ottokaria, Khania, Eretmonia, Scutum
Subtaxa: Plumsteadia indica Plumsteadia lanceolata Plumsteadia microsacca
Type: Plumsteadia microsacca
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Permian to Triassic of South Africa (2 collections)
• Permian of Antarctica (3), Australia (3), India (6), Oman (1), South Africa (1)
Total: 16 collections including 20 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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