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Frenelopsis gracilis

Equisetopsida - Cheirolepidiaceae

Taxonomy
Frenelopsis gracilis was named by Newberry (1895). It is not extant. It is the type species of Raritania.

It was recombined as Raritania gracilis by Hollick and Jeffrey (1909), Knowlton (1919).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Frenelopsis gracilis Newberry
1909Raritania gracilis Hollick and Jeffrey
1919Raritania gracilis Knowlton

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
phylumCharophytaMigula 1890
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
superphylumEmbryophyta()
Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
RankNameAuthor
Pteridobiotina
superphylumPteridophytanae
phylumEquisetophytaScott 1900
classEquisetopsidaAgardh 1825
subclassPinidae
familyCheirolepidiaceaeTurutanova-Ketova 1963
genusFrenelopsisSchenk 1869
speciesgracilisNewberry 1895

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.

Frenelopsis gracilis Newberry 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Environment: lagoonal, coastal, inner shelf, marine, brackish, freshwaterp
Locomotion: stationaryp
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2007-10-23 02:26:17
Modified: 2007-10-23 04:26:17
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available