Walkomiella

Walkomiella is an extinct conifer-like gymnosperm[4] genus which occurred in India and Africa in the Lower Permian, and in Australia in the Upper Permian.

Walkomiella
Temporal range: Permian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Division:
Pinophyta
Class:
Pinopsida
Order:
?
Family:
?
Genus:
Walkomiella
Species
  • W. indica[1] (Surange & Singh 1953)
  • W. transvaalensis[2]
  • W. australis [3] (Florin 1940)

It was named for Arthur Bache Walkom, an Australian palaeobotanist.

References
  1. "The seeds of Walkomiella indica—a conifer from the lower Gondwanas of India". Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Section A. 8: 40–41.
  2. Le, R.S.F. (1963). "Walkomiella transvaalensis, a new conifer from the Middle Ecca beds of Vereeniging, Transvaal". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. White, M.E. (1981). "The cones of Walkomiella australis (Feistm.) Florin". The Palaeobotanist: 28–29.
  4. Leppik, E.E. (1973). "Origin and evolution of conifer rusts in the light of continental drift". Mycopathologia. 49 (2): 121–136. doi:10.1007/BF02050854.


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