Cycadeoidaceae

Cycadeoidaceae; Temporal range:
	Cycadeoidea (a member of the Cycadeoidaceae) on display at the Naturmuseum Senckenberg
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Order:	†Bennettitales
Family:	†Cycadeoidaceae
Genera
	Cycadeoidea; Monanthesia;

Cycadeoidaceae is a family of bennettitalean plants which flourished in the Mesozoic era. Two genera, Cycadeoidea and Monanthesia, are currently recognised though most species are poorly known.^[1] They had a similar morphology to cycads, with thick, branchless trunks covered in scale leaves.

References

↑ Watson, Joan; Lydon, Susannah J (2004). "The bennettitalean trunk genera Cycadeoidea and Monanthesia in the Purbeck, Wealden and Lower Greensand of southern England: A reassessment". Cretaceous Research. 25: 1–26. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2003.10.003.

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[watson04-1] Watson, Joan; Lydon, Susannah J (2004). "The bennettitalean trunk genera Cycadeoidea and Monanthesia in the Purbeck, Wealden and Lower Greensand of southern England: A reassessment". Cretaceous Research. 25: 1–26. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2003.10.003.

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