最近从 Wuda 的早二叠的 ShanxiFormation 收集的很多个标本,内部蒙古证明叶状的射击和球果我们统一 sp.nov 的 Tingia ,是从普通的茎发芽的两个,并且因而改进我们这神秘的税的整个植物形态学的理解在上 Cathaysian 植物群。球果 i 是像柱体的, 1.7 - 在直径的 2.5 厘米和在长度的超过 20 厘米,与基础梗 7-8,在宽度的公里和大约 7 厘米渴望。孢子叶是轮生的,与近似在锭盘的 8-10。在每枚孢子叶的近轴的方面上,孢蒴被依附。球果我们是多孔的异种,小孢子具有 thePunctatisporites 类型。大叶子变化从对有全部侧面的边缘的长方形线性但是稍微在顶的 lobed。小叶子通常与大叶子一样但是许多更狭窄。整个植物可能是有叶状的射击和 strobiliforming 的一棵小树状的树一个王冠,而非有当以前理解,漂浮在水的表面上的更大的叶子的水植物。新种类的特征赞成靠近的亲密关系 betweenTingia Halle 和 Noeg-gerathiales,并且因此 Noeg-gerathiales toProgymnospermophyta 的亲密关系。
A number of specimens recently collected from the Early Permian Shanxi Formation of Wuda, Inner Mongolia demonstrate that the leafy shoot and strobilus of Tingia unita sp. nov. are both sprouting from a common stem, and consequently improve our understanding of the whole plant morphology of this enigmatic taxon of the Cathaysian flora. The strobili are cylinder-like, 1.7-2.5 cm in diameter and over 20 cm in length, with a basal stalk 7-8 mm in width and about 7 cm long. Sporophylls are verticillate, with approximately 8-10 in a whorl. On the adaxial side of each sporophyU a sporangium is attached. The strobilus is heterosporous and the microspores are of the Punctatisporites type. Large leaves vary from linear to oblong with entire lateral margins but are slightly lobed at the apex. Small leaves are generally the same as the large leaves but much narrower. The whole plant is probably a small arborescent tree with leafy shoots and strobili forming a crown, rather than a water plant with larger leaves floating on the surface of the water as previously understood. Features of the new species are in favor of the close affinity between Tingia Halle and Noeggerathiales, and accordingly the affinity of Noeggerathiales to Progymnospermophyta.