Urokogi - Urokogi

Japanese: うろこ木 - うろこぎ
Urokogi - Urokogi

…A genus of extinct ferns in the Club moss family (microphylla) (illustration). Also called Lepidodendron or Scalewood. It evolved greatly from the Carboniferous to the Permian period, about 300 million years ago, and became the main tree of Carboniferous swamp forests. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "urokogi" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…ヒカゲノカズラ類(小葉類)に属する絶滅シダ植物の1属(イラスト)。レピドデンドロンまたはうろこ木ともいう。約3億年前の石炭紀から二畳紀にかけて大発展をとげ,石炭紀湿地林の主要木となった。…

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