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Leptostrobales (disused)

Ginkgoopsida - Leptostrobales

Taxonomy
Leptostrobales is an order. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ginkgoopsida by Meyen (1984).

Subtaxa
Iraniaceae, Leptostrobaceae
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2009-11-09

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Leptostrobales Meyen p. 89

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
RankNameAuthor
phylumGinkgophytaBessey 1907
classGinkgoopsidaEngler 1897
orderLeptostrobales
orderLeptostrobales

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.

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Invalid names: Iraniaceae [empty], Leptostrobaceae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"superp
Created: 2026-03-30 14:38:16
Modified: 2026-03-30 14:38:16
Source: superp = superphylum
Reference: Kenrick and Crane 1997
Collections
No collection or age range data are available