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Glossopteris

Arberiopsida - Arberiales

Species
G. acaulis, G. acuminata, G. ampla, G. andreanszki, G. angusta, G. angustifolia (syn. Sagenopteris longifolia), G. anthrophyoides, G. arberi (syn. G. harrisii, G. waltonii), G. bansloiensis, G. barakarensis, G. bargoensis, G. bosei, G. brongniartii, G. browniana (syn. G. brownii), G. castellanosii, G. churiensis, G. communis (syn. G. stenoneura), G. conspicua, G. contracta, G. cordiformis, G. damudica, G. decipiens, G. dhenkanalensis, G. divergens, G. elongata (syn. Sagenopteris polyphylla), G. emarginata, G. euryneura, G. feistmantelii (syn. G. cordata), G. fibrosa, G. formosa, G. frondosa, G. ghusikensis, G. gigas, G. giridihensis, G. gondwanensis, G. gopadensis, G. hinjridaensis, G. inaequalis, G. indica, G. ingens, G. intermedia, G. intermittens, G. isolateralis, G. jayantiensis, G. kamthiensis, G. karanpurensis, G. karharbariensis, G. lanceolatus, G. leptoneura, G. linearis, G. longicaulis, G. mackayi, G. maculata, G. maheshwarii, G. major, G. mohudaensis, G. musaefolia (syn. G. nidpurensis), G. nakkarea (syn. G. fusa), G. nautiyalii (syn. G. longifolia), G. nilssonioides, G. nimishea, G. nishatbaghensis, G. obliqua, G. obovata, G. oldhamii, G. orbicularis, G. ornatus, G. pandurata, G. pantii, G. papillosa, G. parallela, G. petiolata, G. pseudocommunis, G. radiata, G. raniganjensis, G. recurva, G. reticulata, G. retifera, G. retusa, G. rewaensis, G. rhabdotaenioides (syn. G. transversalis), G. sahnii, G. saksenae, G. sastrii, G. schopfii, G. searsolensis, G. senii, G. shailae, G. sidhiensis, G. skaarensis, G. spathulocordata, G. spatulata (syn. Gangamopteris flexuosa), G. srivastavae (syn. G. singularis), G. stipanicicii, G. stricta, G. subtilis (syn. G. obscura), G. surangei, G. syaldiensis, G. taeniensis, G. taenioides, G. taeniopteroides, G. talchirensis, G. tenuifolia, G. tenuinervis, G. tortuosa, G. utkalensis, G. varia, G. venustus, G. vulgaris, G. zeilleri, Rubidgea emarginata, Rubidgea lanceolatus, Rubidgea obovata
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Glossopteris Brongniart p. 54
1867Rubidgea Tate
1970Rubidgea Andrews
1976Glossopteris Lakhanpal et al.
1976Rubidgea Lakhanpal et al.
1977Glossopteris Kovács-Endrody p. 313
1991Glossopteris Chandra and Tewari
1991Rubidgea Chandra and Tewari

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
superphylumTracheophyta
Pteridobiotina
superphylumCycadophytanae
RankNameAuthor
phylumPeltaspermophyta
classArberiopsida
orderArberialesMeyen 1982
genusGlossopteris

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. †Glossopteris Brongniart 1828
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Glossopteris acaulis McClelland 1850
Glossopteris acuminata Singh and Chandra 1987
Glossopteris ampla Dana 1849
Glossopteris andreanszki Kovács-Endrody 1977
Glossopteris angusta Pant and Gupta 1971
Glossopteris angustifolia Brongniart 1830
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Invalid names: Sagenopteris longifolia Feistmantel 1881 [synonym]
Glossopteris anthrophyoides Feistmantel 1886
Glossopteris arberi Srivastava 1957
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Invalid names: Glossopteris harrisii Pant and Gupta 1968 [synonym], Glossopteris waltonii Pant and Gupta 1968 [synonym]
Glossopteris bansloiensis Prasad et al. 1987
Glossopteris barakarensis Kulkarni 1971
Glossopteris bargoensis Prasad et al. 1987
Glossopteris bosei Chandra and Surange 1979
Glossopteris brongniartii Pant and Gupta 1968
Glossopteris browniana Brongniart 1828
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Invalid names: Glossopteris brownii Brongniart 1828 [synonym]
Glossopteris castellanosii Archangelsky 1957
Glossopteris churiensis Srivastava 1977
Glossopteris communis Feistmantel 1876
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Invalid names: Glossopteris stenoneura Feistmantel 1876 [synonym]
Glossopteris conspicua Feistmantel 1880
Glossopteris contracta Pant and Gupta 1971
Glossopteris cordiformis Pant and Singh 1971
Glossopteris damudica Feistmantel 1879
Glossopteris decipiens Feistmantel 1879
Glossopteris dhenkanalensis Singh and Chandra 1987
Glossopteris divergens Feistmantel 1881
Glossopteris elongata Rigby et al. 1980
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Invalid names: Sagenopteris polyphylla Feistmantel 1881 [synonym]
Glossopteris emarginata Maheshwari and Prakash 1965
Glossopteris euryneura Maheshwari 1965
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Invalid names: Glossopteris cordata Feistmantel 1882 [replaced]
Glossopteris fibrosa Pant 1958
Glossopteris formosa Feistmantel 1881
Glossopteris frondosa McClelland 1850
Glossopteris ghusikensis Pant and Gupta 1971
Glossopteris gigas Pant and Singh 1971
Glossopteris giridihensis Pant and Gupta 1971
Glossopteris gondwanensis Pant and Gupta 1971
Glossopteris gopadensis Banerji et al. 1976
Glossopteris hinjridaensis Singh and Chandra 1987
Glossopteris inaequalis Singh and Chandra 1987
Glossopteris indica Schimper 1869
Glossopteris ingens Feistmantel 1880
Glossopteris intermedia Feistmantel 1880
Glossopteris intermittens Feistmantel 1881
Glossopteris isolateralis Pant and Gupta 1968
Glossopteris jayantiensis Lele and Makada 1974
Glossopteris kamthiensis Singh and Chandra 1987
Glossopteris karanpurensis Kulkarni 1971
Glossopteris karharbariensis Chandra and Surange 1979
Glossopteris lanceolatus Pant and Singh 1971
Glossopteris leptoneura Bunbury 1861
Glossopteris linearis McCoy 1879
Glossopteris longicaulis Feistmantel 1880
Glossopteris mackayi Tate 1867
Glossopteris maculata Pant and Singh 1974
Glossopteris maheshwarii Singh and Chandra 1987
Glossopteris major Pant and Singh 1971
Glossopteris mohudaensis Chandra and Surange 1979
Glossopteris musaefolia Bunbury 1861
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Invalid names: Glossopteris nidpurensis Srivastava 1969 [synonym]
Glossopteris nakkarea Chandra and Surange 1979
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Invalid names: Glossopteris fusa Kulkarni 1971 [synonym]
Glossopteris nautiyalii Pant and Singh 1971
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Invalid names: Glossopteris longifolia Pant and Singh 1971 [synonym]
Glossopteris nilssonioides Pant and Pant 1987
Glossopteris nimishea Chandra and Surange 1979
Glossopteris nishatbaghensis Singh et al. 1982
Glossopteris obliqua McCoy 1875
Glossopteris obovata Carruthers 1869
Glossopteris oldhamii Pant and Singh 1974
Glossopteris orbicularis Feistmantel 1881
Glossopteris ornatus Chandra and Srivastava 1981
Glossopteris pandurata Pant and Gupta 1971
Glossopteris pantii Chandra and Surange 1979
Glossopteris papillosa Srivastava 1969
Glossopteris parallela Feistmantel 1880
Glossopteris petiolata Pant and Gupta 1968
Glossopteris pseudocommunis Pant and Gupta 1968
Glossopteris radiata Pant and Singh 1971
Glossopteris raniganjensis Chandra and Surange 1979
Glossopteris recurva Pant and Singh 1974
Glossopteris reticulata McClelland 1850
Glossopteris retifera Feistmantel 1880
Glossopteris retusa Maheshwari 1965
Glossopteris rewaensis Chandra and Surange 1979
Glossopteris rhabdotaenioides Pant and Singh 1971
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Invalid names: Glossopteris transversalis Pant and Singh 1971 [synonym]
Glossopteris sahnii Srivastava 1957
Glossopteris saksenae Chandra and Surange 1979
Glossopteris sastrii Pant and Singh 1974
Glossopteris schopfii Pigg 1990
Glossopteris searsolensis Pant and Singh 1974
Glossopteris senii Srivastava 1969
Glossopteris shailae Bajpai 1986
Glossopteris sidhiensis Pant and Pant 1987
Glossopteris spathulocordata Feistmantel 1880
Glossopteris spatulata Pant and Singh 1971
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Invalid names: Gangamopteris flexuosa Srivastava 1957 [synonym]
Glossopteris srivastavae Surange and Maheshwari 1962
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Invalid names: Glossopteris singularis Pant and Singh 1971 [synonym]
Glossopteris stipanicicii Archangelsky 1957
Glossopteris stricta Bunbury 1861
Glossopteris subtilis Pant and Gupta 1971
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Invalid names: Glossopteris obscura Pant and Singh 1971 [synonym]
Glossopteris surangei Chandra and Prasad 1981
Glossopteris syaldiensis Chandra and Surange 1979
Glossopteris taeniensis Chandra and Surange 1979
Glossopteris taenioides Feistmantel 1882
Glossopteris taeniopteroides Feistmantel 1880
Glossopteris talchirensis Chandra and Surange 1979
Glossopteris tenuifolia Pant and Gupta 1968
Glossopteris tenuinervis Pant and Gupta 1971
Glossopteris tortuosa Zeiller 1902
Glossopteris utkalensis Singh and Chandra 1987
Glossopteris varia Pant and Gupta 1968
Glossopteris venustus Chandra and Prasad 1981
Glossopteris vulgaris Pant and Gupta 1968
Glossopteris zeilleri Pant and Gupta 1968
Invalid names: Rubidgea Tate 1867 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available