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Armoricaphyton
Genus Armoricaphyton Strullu-Derrien in Strullu-Derrien, Kenrick, Tafforeau, Cochard, Bonnemain, Le Hérissé, Lardeux, Badel Bot. J. Linn. Soc., 175(3): 431. 1 Jul 2014
- Name
- Armoricaphyton
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Name)
- Strullu-Derrien C.
- Authors (Pub.)
- Strullu-Derrien C.
Kenrick P.
Tafforeau P.
Cochard H.
Bonnemain J.-L.
Le Hérissé A.
Lardeux H.
Badel E.
- Publication
- The earliest wood and its hydraulic properties documented in c. 407-million-year-old fossils using synchrotron microtomography [2014/7]
- Journal
- Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
- Volume
- 175
- Issue
- 3
- Page number
- 431
- Year
- 2014
- Fossil Status
- stems (wood)
- Type
- Armoricaphyton chateaupannense
- Diagnosis
- Plant with leafless axes that bifurcate pseudomonopodially to give first-order laterals. Axes bear longitudinal ribs. Xylem cylinder circular, comprising centrarch primary xylem and peripheral secondary xylem. Rays present. Tracheids with scalariform bordered pits with overlay of an additional
perforate sheet of secondary wall material (P-type tracheid). Single outer cortical layer comprising thick-walled cells.
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