Web•The other species of Rhynia (Rhynia major) has been transferred to a new genus, Aglaophyton major by D.S. Edwards, 1986. •He demonstrated that it was not a true … http://www.ascpulgaon.org/PDFs/PPTs/Botany%20(Life%20Cycle%20of%20Rhynia)%20-%20By%20Dr.%20Ajay%20Jadhao.pdf
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WebFeb 22, 2012 · The last common ancestor of land plants was probably a leafless axial gametophyte bearing simple unisporangiate sporophytes. ... to Early Devonian fossils (e.g. Zosterophyllum, Horneophyton, Aglaophyton, Rhynia gwynne-vaughanii) of polysporangiate sporophytic axes document the presence of a cuticle, stomata and subepidermal … lapin tuotteet
Palaeos Plants: Rhyniophyta: Rhyniophyta
WebSurely gametophytes of Rhynia could not have been more delicate than the filaments of algae. Hence the gametophytes of Rhynia must be found in the Rhynie chert 2. Kidston and Lang being thorough investigators could not have overlooked the presence of gametophyte but they have wrongly interpreted R. gwynnevaughnii as the sporophyte. 3. Rhynia is thought to have had deciduous lateral branches, which it used to disperse laterally over the substrate and stands of the plant may therefore have been clonal populations.. Evidence of the gametophyte generation of Rhynia has been described in the form of crowded tufts of diminutive stems only a few … See more Rhynia is a single-species genus of Devonian vascular plants. Rhynia gwynne-vaughanii was the sporophyte generation of a vascular, axial, free-sporing diplohaplontic embryophytic land plant of the Early Devonian … See more Rhynia gwynne-vaughanii was first described as a new species by Robert Kidston and William H. Lang in 1917. The species is known … See more Two species of Rhynia were initially described by R. Kidston and W. H. Lang from the Rhynie chert bed: R. gwynne-vaughnii in 1917, … See more WebRhynia vascular Aglaophyton major formerly Rhynia major • 50-60 cm in height • No tracheids (~ hydroids) - intermediate stage in the evolution of vascular plants Aglaophyton major gametophytes and sporophytes (A-C) Terminal sporangia = dominant sporophyte (D) Lyonophyton - with antheridiophores & archegoniophoresIs isomorphic gametophyte … lapin turkoosi