Leclercqia (plant)

Leclercqia is a genus of early ligulate lycopsids (clubmosses), known as fossils from the Middle Devonian of Australia, North America, Germany, and Belgium.[1] It has been placed in the Protolepidodendrales.[2]

Leclercqia Temporal range: Middle Devonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil L. complexa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Lycophytes
Class:	Lycopodiopsida
Order:	†Protolepidodendrales
Genus:	†Leclercqia
Species
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Species

Distinct species include:

• Leclercqia scolopendra[3]
• Leclercqia uncinata[4]

There has been question as to whether Leclercqia complexa is assigned to the correct genus; only a poorly preserved specimen exists.[5]

References

1. Taylor, Thomas N.; Taylor, Edith L. (1993). The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. p. 139. ISBN 0-13-651589-4.
2. Hao, Shougang & Xue, Jinzhuang (2013). The early Devonian Posongchong flora of Yunnan: a contribution to an understanding of the evolution and early diversification of vascular plants. Beijing: Science Press. p. 196. ISBN 978-7-03-036616-0. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
3. Sanders, Robert (10 April 2014). "Graduate student brings extinct plants to life". UC Berkeley News Center. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
4. Xu, Hong-He; Berry, Christopher M.; Wang, Yi; Marshall, John E. A. (2011). "A New Species of Leclercqia Banks, Bonamo et Grierson (Lycopsida) from the Middle Devonian of North Xinjiang, China, with a Possible Climbing Habit" (PDF). International Journal of Plant Sciences. The University of Chicago Press. 172 (6): 836–846. doi:10.1086/660195.
5. Xu, Hong-He; Wang, Qi (2009). "Reconsideration of a specimen attributed to Leclercqia complexa (Lycopsida) from the Lower Devonian of Sichuan, South China". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 153 (3): 331–335. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2008.09.007.