Utrechtiaceae
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Utrechtiaceae is an extinct family of trees related to modern conifers. This family dates back to the late Carboniferous and Early Permian.
==Description== They were forest trees with almost horizontal standing leafy lateral shoots and with vertical tribes. They were generally small trees. At least with Utrechtia piniformis the side shoots are in whorls.
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