Nilssonia (plant)

Nilssonia
Temporal range:
Nilssonia polymorpha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Order: †Nilssoniales (?)
Genus: †Nilssonia
(Brongniart), 1825.
Species
  • †N. brevis (Type species)
  • †N. compta
  • †N. eskensis
  • †N. gristhorpensis
  • †N. kendalli
  • †N. lunzensis
  • †N. neuberi
  • †N. tenuicaulis
  • †N. tenuinervis

Nilssonia is a genus of fossil foliage traditionally assigned to the Cycadophyta either in Cycadales or their own order Nilssoniales, though the relationships of this genus with the Cycadales have been put into question on chemical grounds.

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