Rhynia

Rhynia is a genus of Early Devonian fossil land plants. Only one species is known, R. gwynne-vaughanii. The fossils are the sporophyte generation^[2] of a vascular plant. Rhynia had anatomical features more advanced than those of the bryophytes.

Rhynia Temporal range: Early Devonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Reconstruction of Rhynia gwynne-vaughanii, redrawn after Kenrick & Crane (1997:101)[1]
Scientific classification
Subdivision:	†Rhyniophytina
Class:	†Rhyniopsida
Order:	†Rhyniales
Family:	†Rhyniaceae
Genus:	†Rhynia Kidst. & W.H.Lang (1917)
Species
R. gwynne-vaughanii Kidst. & W.H.Lang (1917)

A fossil stem of Rhynia is broken and shows the cells.

Related pages

• Horneophyton, a fossil non-vascular plant similar to Rhynia