''Leclercqia'' is a genus of early ligulate lycopsids (clubmosses), known as

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s from the Middle Devonian of Australia, North America,

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, and

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. It has been placed in the

Protolepidodendrales The Protolepidodendrales are an extinct order of lycopsids that flourished from the Devonian to the lower Carboniferous ( Mississippian) periods. '' Leclercqia'' is one of the best-known genera. '' Protolepidodendropsis'' is another genus incl ...

Species

Distinct species include: * '' Leclercqia scolopendra'' * '' Leclercqia uncinata'' * '' Leclercqia andrewsii'' There has been question as to whether '' Leclercqia complexa'' is assigned to the correct genus; only a poorly preserved specimen exists. Short lengths of compressed stems of ''Leclercqia'' are intermixed among several other plant types in this lens, including remains of ''Sawdonia ornata'' and ''Psilophyton'' sp. ''indet''.

References

Prehistoric lycophytes Middle Devonian plants Prehistoric lycophyte genera {{devonian-plant-stub