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Pseudocycas

Bennettitales

Taxonomy
Pseudocycas was named by Nathorst (1907). It is not extant. Its type is Pseudocycas insignis.

It was assigned to Cycadophyta by Andrews (1970); and to Bennettitales by Lapasha and Miller (1985) and Watson and Sincock (1992).

Species
P. douglasii, P. insignis (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Pseudocycas Nathorst p. 3 figs. Pl. 1, figs. 1-5; Pl. 2, figs. 1-9; Pl.
1970Pseudocycas Andrews
1985Pseudocycas Lapasha and Miller
1992Pseudocycas Watson and Sincock

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
RankNameAuthor
orderBennettitalesBessey 1910
genusPseudocycasNathorst 1907

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. †Pseudocycas Nathorst 1907
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Pseudocycas douglasii Lapasha and Miller 1985
Pseudocycas insignis Nathorst 1907
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available