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Eilatinea
Genus Eilatinea Krassilov in Krassilov, Lewy, Nevo, Silant. Late Cret. (Turon.) Fl. S. Negev, Israel 92. Apr 2005
- Name
- Eilatinea
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Name)
- Krassilov V. A.
- Authors (Pub.)
- Krassilov V. A.
Lewy Z.
Nevo E.
Silantieva N.
- Publication
- Late Cretaceous (Turonian) Flora of Southern Negev, Israel [2005/4]
- Authors (Book)
- Krassilov V. A.
Lewy Z.
Nevo E.
Silantieva N.
- Book
- Late Cretaceous (Turonian) Flora of Southern Negev, Israel
- Page number
- 92
- Year
- 2005
- Parent Taxon
- [Family] Cabombaceae
- Fossil Status
- leafy stems
- Type
- Eilatinea microphylla
- Diagnosis
- Stem slender, ribbed, bearing alternate leaves at
distant leaf nodes. Leaves, one per node, long-petiolate. Petiole relatively
thick, sheathing at base. Leaf blade small (8 mm long in the holotype),
non-peltate, obovate, entire, decurrent on petiole. Venation subpalmate,
with steeply ascending basiscopically branched basal veins and few
straight laterals above them, joining intramarginal vein. Tertiary network
irregularly polygonal.
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