Huia (plant)

This article is about a genus of extinct plants. For other uses, see Huia (disambiguation).

Huia
Temporal range: Early Devonian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Lycophytes (?)
Genus: †Huia
Geng[1]
Species
  • † H. recurvata B.Y.Geng[1]
  • † H. gracilis De M.Wang & S.G.Hao[2]

Huia is a genus of extinct vascular plants of the Early Devonian (Pragian or Siegenian, around 410 million years ago). The genus was first described in 1985 based on fossil specimens from the Posongchong Formation, Wenshan district, Yunnan, China.[1][3]

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Geng_1985 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Wang, D.-M. & Hao, S.-G. (2001), "A new species of vascular plants from the Xujiachong Formation (Lower Devonian) of Yunnan Province, China", Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 114 (3–4): 157–174, doi:10.1016/S0034-6667(01)00041-0, PMID 11389912
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Crane2004 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).