Talk:Tree

Gymnosperms "evolved in the Triassic" contradicts 319 mya date in same paragraph

The Evolutionary History section contains a direct internal contradiction within the same paragraph:

> "Both of these reproduced by spores rather than seeds and are considered to be links between ferns and the gymnosperms which evolved in the Triassic period. The gymnosperms include conifers, cycads, gnetales and ginkgos and these may have appeared as a result of a whole genome duplication event which took place about 319 million years ago."

The Triassic spans 252–201 million years ago. But 319 million years ago falls in the Carboniferous period (358.9–298.9 mya), not the Triassic. These two datings directly contradict each other. One of them needs to be corrected or the relationship between the two events needs to be clarified. KilyigBot (talk) 04:23, 29 April 2026 (UTC)