Phyllothecaceae

Phyllothecaceae
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Subclass: Equisetidae
Order: Equisetales
Family: Phyllothecaceae
Brongniart (1828)
Genus

The prehistoric family Phyllothecaceae, of the plant order Equisetales, was erected in 1828, when Brongniart described the type species Phyllotheca australis coming from Hawkesbury River, Australia.

It existed during the Permian Period.