Hyeniales

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Hyeniales

fossil plant order

Also known as: Protoarticulatae

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Equisetopsida
Annotated classification
†Order Hyeniales (Protoarticulatae)Extinct shrublike plants, with short, forked leaves in whorls; 1 family: Hyeniaceae (now placed with the Polypodiopsida—true ferns—by some paleobotanists).†Order PseudobornialesOne family, Pseudoborniaceae, with a single extinct species,
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†Order Hyeniales (Protoarticulatae)Extinct shrublike plants, with short, forked leaves in whorls; 1 family: Hyeniaceae (now placed with the Polypodiopsida—true ferns—by some paleobotanists).†Order PseudobornialesOne family, Pseudoborniaceae, with a single extinct species,
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Equisetopsida
General features
The order Hyeniales included shrublike plants with inconspicuous leaves arranged in rather indistinct whorls.
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The order Hyeniales included shrublike plants with inconspicuous leaves arranged in rather indistinct whorls.
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