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cycadophyte
Cycas circinalis.
Cycadeoids (division Cycadeoidophyta or order Bennettitales) became extinct during the Late Cretaceous Period.21
While these plants were common worldwide during the Early Cretaceous, their decline and eventual extinction are believed by some researchers to have been influenced by the effects of exclusive self-pollination, which may have led to detrimental inbreeding.2