Genus Retrophyllum

Fossil Record Retrophyllum shoots have a distinctive morphology in which the leaves are in opposite pairs, and twisted in such a way that the abaxial surface of one leaf is up, and in the other it is down.

Species in the genus Retrophyllum of plants

 
 

Retrophyllum minor - The species occurs near rivers and lakes of the Plaine des Lakes in the south of Grande Terre.