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Cearania
Genus Cearania L. Kunzmann, B.A.R. Mohr, Bern.-de-Oliv. Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 158(1-2): 194. Dec 2009
- Name
- Cearania
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Kunzmann L.
Mohr B. A. R.
Bernardes-de-Oliveira M.
- Publication
- Cearania heterophylla gen. nov. et sp. nov., a fossil gymnosperm with affinities to the Gnetales from the Early Cretaceous of northern Gondwana [2009/12]
- Journal
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
- Volume
- 158
- Issue
- 1-2
- Page number
- 194
- Year
- 2009
- Parent Taxon
- [Phylum] Gnetophyta
- Fossil Status
- leafy stems (with reproductive organs)
- Type
- Cearania heterophylla
- Diagnosis
- Small herbaceous or shrub-like seed plants with slender shoots, lateral branches born in leaf axils. Axes with gymnospermous stem anatomy. Multiveined leaves opposite-decussately arranged and aligned in one plane. Leaf and stem epidermis with paracytic stomata arranged in longitudinal files. Ovulate and microsporangiate organs born terminally.
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