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Megaporoxylon

Taxonomy
Megaporoxylon was named by Kraeusel (1956). It is not extant. Its type is Megaporoxylon kaokense.

It was assigned to Gymnospermophyta by Andrews (1970); and to Gymnospermae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976).

Species
M. kaokense (type species), M. kraeuselii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Megaporoxylon Kraeusel
1970Megaporoxylon Andrews
1976Megaporoxylon Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
RankNameAuthor
phylumPinophyta
genusMegaporoxylonKraeusel 1956

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. †Megaporoxylon Kraeusel 1956
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Megaporoxylon kaokense Kraeusel 1956
Megaporoxylon kraeuselii Maheshwari 1967
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available