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Moresnetiaceae (disused)

Lyginopteridopsida - Lyginopteridales - Moresnetiaceae

Taxonomy
Moresnetiaceae was named by Nemejc (1963).

It was assigned to Lyginopteridales by Anderson et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Moresnetiaceae Nemejc
2007Moresnetiaceae Anderson et al. p. 98

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RankNameAuthor
phylumGymnosperm
classLyginopteridopsidaNovak 1961
orderLyginopteridales
RankNameAuthor
familyMoresnetiaceaeNemejc 1963
familyMoresnetiaceaeNemejc 1963

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.

Fm. †Moresnetiaceae Nemejc 1963
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. M. Anderson et al. 2007Lyginopteridalean plants with radiospermic ovules borne in multiovular cupules; distal part of nucellus exposed and forms a wide lagenostome with a prominent conical to flask-shaped central plug; integument adnate to nucellus only in proximal part of ovule.