Cordaicarpus

Cordaicarpus
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Cordaitales
Family: Cordaitaceae
Genus: Cordaicarpus
Geinitz (1862)
Species
  • C. acuminatus
  • C. brasilianus
  • C. cerronegrensisi
  • C. chicariensis
  • C. emarginatus
  • C. fanatinensis
  • C. irapuensis
  • C. mucronatus
  • C. ovatus
  • C. prolatus
  • C. rocha-camposii
  • C. truncata
  • C. zeillerii

Cordaicarpus is a form genus named by Geinitz (1862) and redefined by Seward (1917) to avoid confusion with another genus and to establish that the genus refers only seeds. Seward defined the differences between Cordaicarpus and Samaropsis.

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