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Laurophyllum calicarioides
Laurophyllum calicarioides Bannister, Conran, D.E. Lee Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 178: 24. 5 Apr 2012
- Name
- Laurophyllum calicarioides
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Laurophyllum
- Authors (Pub.)
- Bannister J. M.
Conran J. G.
Lee D. E.
- Publication
- Lauraceae from rainforest surrounding an early Miocene maar lake, Otago, southern New Zealand [2012/4]
- Journal
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
- Volume
- 178
- Page number
- 24
- Year
- 2012
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Miocene
- Location
- Foulden Hills Diatomite, Foulden Maar, near Middlemarch,
Otago, South Island, New Zealand
- Paleoregion
- Australia (New Zealand)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Geology Museum, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
- Repository Number
- OU32433 (FH204)
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Geology Museum, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
- Repository Number
- OU32268 (FH39), OU32429 (FH200), OU32447
(FH218), OU32564 (FH335), OU32848 (FH573)
- Diagnosis
- Primary venation pinnate, secondary venation
brochidodromous, secondary veins thin. Tertiary venation reticulate.
Fimbrial vein present. Both adaxial and abaxial cells have beaded
anticlinal walls and granular periclinal cuticle. Stomata with narrow
scales, polar rods prominent, peristomatal rim formed from thickened
flanges of the inner subsidiary cell wall.
