Stauropteridaceae

Stauropteridaceae is a family of ferns or fern-like plants from the Devonian and Upper Carboniferous. It is the only family placed in the order Stauropteridales. Some, like Stauropteris oldhamia, were homosporous, and others, like S. berwickensis and Gillespiea randolphensis, were heterosporous.The fern Stauropteris oldhamia Binney: New data on branch development and adaptive significance of the hypodermal aerenchymaGillespiea randolphensis gen. et sp.nov. (Stauropteridales), from the Upper Devonian of West Virginia

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