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Compsostrobus
Genus Compsostrobus Delev., R.C. Hope Amer. J. Bot., 60(8): 815. 11 Sep 1973
- Name
- Compsostrobus
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Delevoryas T.
Hope R. C.
- Publication
- Fertile coniferophyte remains from the Late Triassic Deep River Basin, North Carolina [1973/9]
- Journal
- American Journal of Botany
- Volume
- 60
- Issue
- 8
- Page number
- 815
- Year
- 1973
- Parent Taxon
- [Class] Pinopsida
- Fossil Status
- cones (seed)
- Type
- Compsostrobus neotericus
- Diagnosis
- Ovulate cone, 2-4 cm wide, with helically arranged bracts and axillary ovuliferous scales; bracts constricted at base, expanded abruptly toward the middle, and tapering to a rounded point distally; scale spatulate, with woody texture, bearing two seeds on the adaxial face; seeds laterally flattened, with an eccentrically situated micropyle directed toward the cone axis.
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