Pertica

Pertica is a genus of extinct vascular plants of the Early to Middle Devonian (around 420 to 380 million years ago). It has been placed in the "trimerophytes", a strongly paraphyletic group of early members of the lineage leading to modern ferns and seed plants.

Pertica
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Polysporangiophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Euphyllophytes
Genus: Pertica
Kasper & H.N.Andrews (1972)
Species
  • P. dalhousii Doran et al. (1978)
  • P. quadrifaria Kasper & H.N.Andrews (1972)
  • P. varia Granoff et al. (1976)
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