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Gereilatia
Genus Gereilatia Krassilov in Krassilov, Lewy, Nevo, Silant. Late Cret. (Turon.) Fl. S. Negev, Israel 178. Apr 2005
- Name
- Gereilatia
- 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
- 178
- Year
- 2005
- Parent Taxon
- [Phylum] Gnetophyta
- Fossil Status
- leafy stems (with reproductive organs)
- Type
- Gereilatia pycnoclada
- Diagnosis
- Leafless axes bearing fascicles of plagiotropous
leafy shoots at widely spaced nodes. Plagiotropous shoots densely dichopodially branched, flabellate, varying from flattened and webbed to
setaceous. Ultimate ramifications pinnate, articulate. Leaves scaly, adpressed, decreasing with consecutive branching, in lower order branches
connate, long-decurrent, in ultimate branchlets slightly spreading or
cupulate. Slender erect axes arising from the short shoots bear small
scales and minute capsulate bodies.
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