SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY	THE VIRIDIPLANTAE
CONCEPTS AND TERMS FOR FOR THE VASCULAR CRYPTOGAMS

NEW TERMS FOR THE VASCULAR CRYPTOGAMS

1. XYLEM (TRACHEIDS, FIBERS)

2. PHLOEM (FIBERS, SIEVE TUBES, COMPANION CELLS)

3. CORTEX

4. EPIDERMIS

5. RELATIVE TIMES (ORDER, NOT DATES) OF THE GEOLOGICAL TIME SCALE FOR THE LAST 400 MILLION YEARS.

NEW TERMS FOR THE PHYLUM RHYNIOPHYTA

1. DICHOTOMOUS BRANCHING

2. CENTRARCH STELES

3. HOMOSPOROUS SPORANGIA

NEW TERMS FOR THE PHYLUM ZOSTEROPHYLLOPHYTA

1. ROOTS

2. LEAVES

3. EXARCH PROTOSTELES

4. EUSPORANGIA

NEW TERMS FOR THE PHYLUM TRIMEROPHYTOPHYTOPHYTA

1. PSEUDOMONOPODIAL

2. OVERTOPPING

3. MESARCH

NEW TERMS FOR THE PHYLUM LYCOPODOPHYTA

1. MICROPHYLLS

2. ADAXIAL SURFACE

3. HETEROSPOROUS

4. LIGULES

5. ACTINOSTELE

6. SIPHONOSTELE

7. STROBILI

8. CAMBIUM

NEW TERMS FOR THE PHYLUM PSILOTOPHYTA

1. EUSPORANGIATE SYNANGIA

2. ENATION

NEW TERMS FOR THE PHYLUM SPHENOPHYTA

1. EUSTELIC

2. WHORLED LEAVES

3. CANAL

4. COMPOUND STROBILI

5. SPORANGIOPHORES

NEW TERMS FOR THE PHYLUM CLADOXYLIDOPHYTA

1. FRONDS

2. DEHISCE

NEW TERMS FOR THE PHYLUM COENOPTERIDOPHYTA

1. MACROPHYLLS

2. LEPTOSPORANGIATE

3. PINNA

NEW TERMS FOR THE PHYLUM PTERIDOPHYTA

1. PLECTOSTELE

2. ECTOPHLOIC SIPHONOSTELE

3. AMPHIPHLOIC SIPHONOSTELE

4. SOLENOSTELE

5. DICTYOSTELE

6. ADVENTITIOUS ROOTS

7. CIRCINATE VERNATION

8. FERTILE PINNA

9. UNISTRATOSE

10. SORUS

11. TRUE INDUSIUM

12. FALSE INDUSIUM

13. RHIZOME

14. CUP-SHAPED INDUSIUM

15. TWO-RANKED

NEW TERMS FOR THE PHYLUM PROGYMNOSPERMOPHYTA

1. SECONDARY XYLEM

2. LIGNIFIED

3. SACCATE

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