A review of the Upper Permian Glossopteris flora in Western Natal

William S. Lacey

doi:10.54991/jop.1976.1009

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William S. Lacey School of Plant Biology, University College of North Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, U.K.

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https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1976.1009

Abstract

The Upper Permian Glossopteris flora known from Lower Beaufort outcrops in the Bulwer-Mooi River-Bergville area of Western Natal, South Africa, is reviewed. Characteristic taxa (not all present at every locality) include Phyllotheea australis, Sphenophyllum speciosum, coarse-meshed Glossopteris species, Belemnopteris elongata, Eretmonia natalensis, Lidgettonia afrieana, (?) Plumsteadia natalensis, and Rigbya arberioides. Comparisons are made with similar floras in India, Australia and Antarctica. The importance of consultation and collaboration between palaeobotanists studying Gondwana floras is emphasized.

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