Protolepidodendrales

Protolepidodendrales
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Lycopodiophyta
Class:	incertae sedis
Order:	Protolepidodendrales
Families
Protolepidodendraceae

The Protolepidodendrales are an extinct order of lycopsids that flourished from the Devonian to the lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) periods.^[1]

Leclercqia is one of the best-known genera.^[1]

References

1 2 Taylor, Edith L.; Taylor, Thomas N.; Krings, Michael (2009). Paleobotany: The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants. Academic Press. pp. 271–74. ISBN 9780080557830.

Early land flora

Related links	Evolutionary history of plants Rhynie chert External link directory

The first...?	Vascular plant, Cooksonia Tree, Wattieza Lycopods, the Drepanophycales and the zosterophylls Fungus fossil, Ornatifilum Lichen, Spongiophyton

Enigmatic taxa	Cuticular remains: Bitelaria Cosmochlaina Nematothallus Orestovia Protosalvinia Spongiophyton Other: Pachytheca Prototaxites.

Sister taxa	Green algae: Charophyta, from which land plants evolved Chaetocladus, an early alga

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