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Matisianoxylon
Genus Matisianoxylon A. Selm. Zitteliana, Ser. A, 44: 114. 30 Dec 2004
- Name
- Matisianoxylon
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Selmeier A.
- Publication
- First record of Matisia (Bombacaceae) and Crudia (Caesalpiniaceae) wood from the Tertiary of Rio Paranaiba, Brazil [2004/12]
- Journal
- Zitteliana
- Volume
- 44
- Page number
- 114
- Year
- 2004
- Parent Taxon
- [Family] Malvaceae
- Fossil Status
- wood
- Type
- Matisianoxylon brasiliense
- Diagnosis
- Growth rings indistinct. Vessel arrangement diffuse-porous, vessels exclusively solitary, evenly distributed without distinct pattern, mean tangential diameter 200 µm, simple perforation, intervessel pits alternate, 2-5 pores per square mm. Fibres non-septate, fi bre-tracheids with bordered pits. Axial parenchyma banded, fi nely reticulated.. Ray of two different sizes, uniseriate and multiseriate up to 25 cells wide, large rays up to 10 mm high, heterocellular composition with tile cells of the intermediate type.
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