GYMNOSPERM PLANT DIVERSITY LINKS for Biology 306, Illinois Wesleyan University:
"GYMNOSPERM" PLANTS
KINGDOM PLANTAE
Palaeozoic
Palaeogeography, Palaeobotany Group, University of Muenster
*Early
Seed Plants, U. of California Museum of Paleontology,
Berkeley (read about fossil record)
Coal
Swamp
Forests, Palaeobotany Group, University of Muenster
Coal,
Palaeobotany
Group,
University of Muenster
Phylum/Division Pteridiospermophyta (seed ferns)
*Fossil
Pteridosperms, Palaeobotany Group, University of Muenster
(read introduction and check out pictures of
genera discussed
in class)
Callipterids,
Palaeobotany
Group,
University of Muenster
Mazon
Creek
Fossils, Illinois State Museum
Phylum/Division Cycadeoidophyta
(extinct cycadeoids also known as bennettitaleans)
*Anthophyte clade, U. of California, Berkeley (read discussions of this evolutionary line particularly the bennettitaleans)
Phylum/Division Cycadophyta (cycads)
*The
Cycad Pages, Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney (spend some time
exploring these pages)
Virtual Cycad
Encyclopedia,
Cycad and Palm Societies of Florida
Introduction
to
the
Cycads, U. of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley
Cycadaceae
Images from U. of Hawaii
Phylum/Division Ginkgophyta (Ginkgo)
*Ginkgo pages, Cor
Kwant (check out the various pages and images)
*Anthophyte
clade, U. of California, Berkeley (continue reading about
this evolutionary line particularly the gnetophytes)
Gnetaceae
Images from U. of Hawaii
*Welwitschia
Images from Mark Olson, Missouri Botanical Gardens (pictures from
Nambia)
*Welwitschia
Namibweb (read about biology and ecology in Namibia)
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