...This plant had a pair of thin linear leaves, bifurcated and with one vein, and a megasporophyte, which branched pinnately and had one ovule at the tip of the branch. In the Mesozoic era, the linear leaves repeatedly fused together, and gradually changed to band-like or spatula-like leaves with several parallel veins ( Baiera , Ginkgoites ), and then to fan-shaped leaves like those of ginkgo trees. The evolutionary process from bifurcated leaves to fan-shaped leaves can be seen. Also, the fact that ginkgo flowers often branch and have many ovules is considered to be a reversion phenomenon. ... *Some of the terminology that mentions "Baiera" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…これは二叉分枝して1本の葉脈をもった細い線形の葉と,羽状に分枝し木の枝の先端に1個の胚珠をつける大胞子葉が対をなして生えていた。中生代に入ると線形の葉が癒合をくりかえし,数本の平行脈をもった帯状またはへら状の葉(バイエラBaiera,ギンゴイテスGinkgoites)をへて,しだいにイチョウのような扇形の葉に移行し,二叉分枝した葉から扇形の葉にいたる進化過程を見ることができる。またしばしばイチョウの雌花が分枝し,多数の胚珠をつけることがあるのも先祖返り現象と見られている。… ※「Baiera」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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