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Progymnosperms

The document presents various plant species, including Aneurophyton, Tetraxylopteris, and Protopitys, with detailed descriptions of their anatomical features. It includes illustrations such as transverse sections of wood showing growth layers, xylem structure, and the presence of tyloses. The focus is on the morphology and histology of these ancient plants, highlighting their unique characteristics.

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Progymnosperms

The document presents various plant species, including Aneurophyton, Tetraxylopteris, and Protopitys, with detailed descriptions of their anatomical features. It includes illustrations such as transverse sections of wood showing growth layers, xylem structure, and the presence of tyloses. The focus is on the morphology and histology of these ancient plants, highlighting their unique characteristics.

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Aneurophyton

ANEUROPHYTON
TETRAXYLOPTERIS
TETRAXYLOPTERIS
ARCHAEOPTERIS
TRILOBOXYLON

Transverse section of main axis SEM of radial surface of


Transverse section of main axis with showing primary and secondary secondary xylem tracheids.
attached lateral appendages xylem, inner cortex, and fiber- Closely packed circular bordered
sclereid bundles of the outer cortex pits are interrupted by a poorly
separated by poorly preserved preserved ray, probably only a
regions which probably originally few cells high, creating a false
contained thin-walled parenchyma. appearance of grouped pits.
PROTOPITYS

Fig. 1. Transverse sections of Protopitys buchiana wood . A, Outer growth layer of a trunk that shows two closely
spaced growth pauses (arrows). Ray parenchyma and tyloses are brown‐coloured cells. B, Inner growth layer
(arrows) of the same trunk. C, Enlarged area near that shown in A, showing tyloses (T) inside tracheary cells, and
the physical relation between rays (R) and tracheary cells with tyloses.
PROTOPITYS

Small branching specimen Protopitys buchiana with


of Protopitys scotica typical scalariform bordered
, pits
Lyginopteris oldhamia

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