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Lygodium bierhorstianum
Lygodium bierhorstianum Gandolfo, Nixon, Crepet, G.E. Ratcl. Pl. Syst. Evol., 231: 114. Mar 2000
- Name
- Lygodium bierhorstianum
- Rank
- Species
- Original spelling
- bierhorstiana
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Lygodium
- Authors (Pub.)
- Gandolfo M. A.
Nixon K. C.
Crepet W. L.
Ratcliffe G. E.
- Publication
- Sorophores of Lygodium Sw. (Schizaeaceae) from the Late Cretaceous of New Jersey [2000/3]
- Journal
- Plant Systematics and Evolution
- Volume
- 231
- Page number
- 114
- Year
- 2000
- Fossil Status
- reproductive organs
- Stratigraphy
- Turonian
- Strat. comment
- South Amboy Fire Clay, Raritan Formation
- Location
- Old Crossman Clay Pit, Sayreville, New Jersey, USA
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- L. H. Bailey Hortorium Paleobotanical Collection, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA
- Repository Number
- CUPC 1059
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- L. H. Bailey Hortorium Paleobotanical Collection, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA
- Repository Number
- CUPC 1060, 1061, 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1294, 1295, 1296
- Diagnosis
- Sorophores elongate with contracted bases, bearing 2-7 solitary sporangia and a constricted base. Epidermal cells with anticlinal walls strongly sinuous, stomata anomocytic, irregularly arranged on both (adaxial and abaxial) surfaces. Sporangia oblong, asymmetric, shortly stalked, each sporangium covered by an induslum, annulus apical, stomium longitudinal, distal face consisting of only one cell. Spores psilate with trilete scar.
