Rhynia

E147849

extinct genus of vascular plants fossil plant genus

Rhynia is an extinct genus of simple, leafless vascular plants from the Early Devonian period that represents one of the earliest well-preserved examples of land plant evolution.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Rhynia canonical	2
Rhynia gwynne-vaughanii	2
Rhynia major	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	extinct genus of vascular plants ⓘ fossil plant genus ⓘ
associatedWith	early terrestrial arthropods ⓘ primitive fungi ⓘ
clade	vascular plant ⓘ
conductingSystem	water-conducting tracheids ⓘ
countryOfFossilDiscovery	Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
division	Tracheophyta ⓘ
ecologicalRole	early land plant ⓘ
family	Rhyniaceae ⓘ
firstDescribedBy	Robert Kidston ⓘ William Henry Lang ⓘ
fossilizationEnvironment	hot-spring influenced wetland ⓘ
fossilSite	Rhynie Chert fossil locality ⓘ surface form: Rhynie chert lagerstätte
foundIn	Rhynie Chert fossil locality ⓘ surface form: Rhynie chert
geologicalAgeApproximate	410–393 million years ago ⓘ
growthForm	simple axial plant ⓘ
habitat	terrestrial ⓘ wetland margins ⓘ
hasSpecies	Rhynia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rhynia gwynne-vaughanii Rhynia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rhynia major
hasTissue	vascular tissue ⓘ xylem ⓘ
kingdom	Plantae ⓘ
lackedStructure	secondary growth ⓘ true leaves ⓘ true roots ⓘ
maximumHeight	about 20 cm ⓘ
morphology	dichotomously branching axes ⓘ leafless ⓘ rootless ⓘ terminal sporangia ⓘ
namedAfter	Rhynie, Scotland ⓘ
order	Rhyniales ⓘ
paleobotanicalImportance	model taxon for early vascular plant anatomy ⓘ
photosyntheticOrgan	green stems ⓘ
preservationType	silicified fossils ⓘ
reproductiveStructure	terminal sporangia on aerial axes ⓘ
significance	important for understanding early land plant evolution ⓘ one of the earliest well-preserved vascular land plants ⓘ
taxonomicStatus	nomen dubium ⓘ
temporalRange	Early Devonian ⓘ
temporalRangeEnd	Emsian ⓘ
temporalRangeStart	Pragian ⓘ
typeSpeciesOf	Rhynia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
xylemType	centrarch ⓘ
yearOfScientificDescription	1917 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Early Devonian → notableFossils → Rhynia ⓘ

Rhynie Chert fossil locality → containsFossilsOf → Rhynia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhynia gwynne-vaughanii

Rhynia → hasSpecies → Rhynia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhynia gwynne-vaughanii

Rhynia → hasSpecies → Rhynia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhynia major

Rhynia → typeSpeciesOf → Rhynia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Rhynia gwynne-vaughanii