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Proteaciphyllum cethanicum
Proteaciphyllum cethanicum R.J. Carp., G.J. Jord. Austral. Syst. Bot., 10(4): 557. 31 Oct 1997
- Name
- Proteaciphyllum cethanicum
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Proteaciphyllum
- Authors (Pub.)
- Carpenter R. J.
Jordan G. J.
- Publication
- Early Tertiary macrofossils of Proteaceae from Tasmania [1997/10]
- Journal
- Australian Systematic Botany
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 4
- Page number
- 557
- Year
- 1997
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Rupelian
- Location
- Cethana, Tasmania, Australia
- Paleoregion
- Australia
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- University of Tasmania, Department of Plant Sciences, Hobart, Australia
- Repository Number
- C-219
- Diagnosis
- Leaf toothed. Outer periclinal walls of epidermal cells, and associated cuticle convex on
abaxial surface, so that the epidermal cells are clearly delineated. Striations sometimes over
subsidiary cells. Inner cuticle of guard and subsidiary cells more granular than periclinal
walls of epidermal cells. Trichome bases numerous on both surfaces, associated with one or
less commonly, two basal epidermal cells. Adaxial surface striated.
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