Definition of Lepidodendraceae

1. Noun. Fossil plants characterized by conspicuous spirally arranged leaf scars on the trunk.

Exact synonyms: Family Lepidodendraceae
Generic synonyms: Fern Family
Group relationships: Lepidodendrales, Order Lepidodendrales

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lepidodendraceae

Lepas fascicularis
Lepcha
Lepechinia
Lepechinia calycina
Lepehne
Lepehne-Pickworth stain
Lepidium
Lepidium alpina
Lepidium sativum
Lepidobotryaceae
Lepidochelys
Lepidochelys kempii
Lepidochelys olivacea
Lepidocybium
Lepidocybium flavobrunneum
Lepidodendraceae (current term)
Lepidodendrales
Lepidothamnus
Lepidothamnus fonkii
Lepidothamnus laxifolius
Lepiota americana
Lepiota cepaestipes
Lepiota clypeolaria
Lepiota morgani
Lepiota naucina
Lepiota procera
Lepiota rhacodes
Lepiota rubrotincta
Lepiotaceae
Lepisma saccharina

Literary usage of Lepidodendraceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Anatomy of Woody Plants by Edward Charles Jeffrey (1917)
"The older representatives of the Lepidodendraceae show themselves in this respect the most archaic of all the vascular plants with secondary growth. ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1902)
"... and the fossil members of this family and of the Lycopodiaceae, and in addition, the Lepidodendraceae.—The sixth 'Heft' of Engler's 'Pflanzenreich' has ..."

3. The Origin of a Land Flora: A Theory Based Upon the Facts of Alternation by Frederick Orpen Bower (1908)
"... are among the earliest known fossils, dating from the Lower Devonian period to the Trias. They include the families of the Lepidodendraceae, ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Lepidodendraceae on Dictionary.com!Search for Lepidodendraceae on Thesaurus.com!Search for Lepidodendraceae on Google!Search for Lepidodendraceae on Wikipedia!

Search