Extinct genus of conifer
Palissya is an extinct form genus of female (ovule-bearing) conifer cones, known from the Late Triassic (Rhaetian) to the Early Cretaceous (Aptian). The cone of "Palissya" is noted for its unusual catkin-like construction: Slender bracts (modified leaves) are rigidly attached in a helical pattern around a tall woody core. The adaxial (upper) surface of each bract bears two parallel rows of ovules which are encased in cup-like structures formed by scales. The seeds are thin-walled and were likely only viable for a short period of time, meaning that they were probably adapted to wind dispersal.
"Palissya" has been considered in some aspects to be similar to some Paleozoic Voltziales, as well as Taxaceae and Podocarpaceae. Most leaves assigned to the genus do not belong to the same plant as the conifer cone. "Palissya" specimens from the Middle Jurassic of Yorkshire are associated with "Elatocladus-"like leaves. Several Australasian species with fragile cones were referred to the separate genus "Knezourocarpon", though some were later moved back into "Palissya". Other related cone genera include "Stachyotaxus", "Metridiostrobus", and "Compsostrobus", all from the Late Triassic of the Northern Hemisphere.
True specimens of "Palissya" first appeared in the Northern Hemisphere during the latest Triassic (Rhaetian) and spread to Eastern Gondwana (modern Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica) during the Middle Jurassic. The youngest known records of "Palissya" in the Northern Hemisphere are from the Middle Jurassic, but "Palissya" persisted in Eastern Gondwana into the Early Cretaceous, with the youngest records being from the Aptian. 
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