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Xylopteris

Gymnospermopsida - Corystospermales - Corystospermaceae

Taxonomy
Xylopteris was named by Frenguelli (1943). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pteridospermophyta by Andrews (1970); and to Corystospermaceae by Jain and Delevoryas (1967), Chandra and Tewari (1991).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Xylopteris Frenguelli
1967Xylopteris Jain and Delevoryas
1970Xylopteris Andrews
1991Xylopteris Chandra and Tewari

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomEmbryophyta
Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
classGymnospermopsida
RankNameAuthor
orderCorystospermalesThomas 1933
familyCorystospermaceae
genusXylopterisFrenguelli 1943

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. †Xylopteris Frenguelli 1943
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Xylopteris elongata Carruthers 1872
Xylopteris rigida Dun 1909
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Invalid names: Stenopteris densifolia Thomas 1933 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available