Voltziales

Voltziales
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Pinophyta
Class:Pinopsida
Order:†Voltziales
Families

†Utrechtiaceae
†Voltziaceae

Voltziales is an extinct order of trees related to modern conifers. In the fossil record, the most common member of the order is Walchia, known originally for its leaf form genus, and the order is commonly called Walchian.[1] The order consists of these families:

 

 

 

Thucydiaceae

 
 

 

Emporiaceae

 
 

 

Ullmanniaceae

 
 

Utrechtiaceae

 
 

Majonicaceae

 
 

 

Voltziaceae

 
 

 

 

 

Podocarpaceae

 
 

Phyllocladaceae

 
 
 

Araucariaceae

 
 
 

 

Pararaucariaceae

 
 

Pinaceae

 
 
 

 

 

 

Cephalotaxaceae

 
 

Taxaceae

 
 
 

Palissyaceae

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

Geinitziaceae

 
 

Doliostrobaceae

 
 
 

Cupressaceae

 
 
 

Sciadopityaceae

 
 
 

Cheirolepidiaceae

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Ferugliocladaceae

 
 

References

  1. ↑ Rothwell, Gar W.; Mapes, Gene; Hernandez-Castillo, Genaro R. (August 2005). "Hanskerpia gen. nov. and Phylogenetic Relationships among the Most Ancient Conifers (Voltziales)". Taxon. 54 (3): 733–750. doi:10.2307/25065430.
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