These drawings are two of eighteen community level illustrations prepared by Sergei Naugolnykh. They are designed to bring to life the Permian floras from various parts of the world.
This depicts the Permian tropical rain forest of China. The arborescent form is the lycopod, Lepidodendron. Two genera of gigantopterid vines are also shown, Gigantopteris on the left and Gigantonoclea on the right. A sphenophyte, Calamites, is seen in the background as well as a tree fern, Psaronius.
This drawing represents an Early Permian landscape in Europe. The form in the right foreground is the seed fern Autunia (= Callipteris), and in the left background is a marattialean tree fern. The conifer in the right background is Walchia, while the herbaceous plants around the pond are sphenophytes ('horsetails'). This community represents a seasonally dry savanna-like biome of the tropics.
