Reproductive Structures of Glossopteris angustifolia Bgt.

Reproductive Structures of Glossopteris angustifolia Bgt.

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IN a collection of plant fossils from Upper Bowen sediments in the Mount Coolon area of Queensland by a field party of the Bureau of Mineral Resources, fertile material of Glossopteris angustifolia Bgt. has been identified. It is of extraordinary botanical interest as it consists of foliage leaves progressively modified to form male and female ‘scale fronds’ and thus represents a stage in the evolution of an angiosperm flower.Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content:

IN a collection of plant fossils from Upper Bowen sediments in the Mount Coolon area of Queensland by a field party of the Bureau of Mineral Resources, fertile material of Glossopteris


angustifolia Bgt. has been identified. It is of extraordinary botanical interest as it consists of foliage leaves progressively modified to form male and female ‘scale fronds’ and thus


represents a stage in the evolution of an angiosperm flower.


Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: