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Argapaloxylon
Genus Argapaloxylon Castañeda-Posadas, Calv.-Canadell, Cev.-Ferriz Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 156(3-4): 502. Sep 2009
- Name
- Argapaloxylon
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Castañeda-Posadas C.
Calvillo-Canadell L.
Cevallos-Ferriz S. R. S.
- Publication
- Woods from Miocene sediments in Panotla, Tlaxcala, Mexico [2009/9]
- Journal
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
- Volume
- 156
- Issue
- 3-4
- Page number
- 502
- Year
- 2009
- Parent Taxon
- [Family] Lauraceae
- Fossil Status
- stems (wood)
- Type
- Argapaloxylon richteri
- Diagnosis
- Diffuse porous wood, distinct growth rings,
marginal parenchyma; solitary, multiple radials, and few clusters of
vessel elements, perforation plate simple, intervascular pits oval and
alternate, ray-vessel element pits opposite; vasicentric tracheids,
opposite pits; septate and non septate libriform fibres; biseriated
mainly homogeneous rays; vasicentric and diffuse parenchyma; oil
cells.
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