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Pseudoephedra
Genus Pseudoephedra Z.-J. Liu, X. Wang Palaeoworld, 25(1): 68. 1 Aug 2015
- Name
- Pseudoephedra
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Liu Z.-J.
Wang X.
- Publication
- An enigmatic Ephedra-like fossil lacking micropylar tube from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China [2015/8]
- Journal
- Palaeoworld
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 1
- Page number
- 68
- Year
- 2015
- Parent Taxon
- [Phylum] Gnetophyta
- Fossil Status
- leafy stems (with reproductive organs)
- Type
- Pseudoephedra paradoxa
- Diagnosis
- Bracts oppositely arranged along the main axis with obvious joints and internodes. Female parts axillary, more or less pedicellate, surrounded by narrow elongate scales, including a central unit and two surrounding envelopes. Central unit including a proximal oval body and an apical projection. Oval body locular, surrounded by a thin wall. An apicalprojection solid, long, exserted, with a truncated tip.
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