Cycadeoidaceae Temporal range:
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Cycadeoidea (a member of the Cycadeoidaceae) on display at the Naturmuseum Senckenberg | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Order: | † Bennettitales |
Family: | † Cycadeoidaceae |
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Cycadeoidaceae is a family of bennettitalean plants which flourished in the Mesozoic era. Two genera, Cycadeoidea and Monanthesia, are currently recognised though most species are poorly known. [1] They had a similar morphology to cycads, with thick, branchless trunks covered in scale leaves.