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Vasivaea weigendii
Vasivaea weigendii D.W. Woodcock, H.W. Mey., Y. Prado I.A.W.A. J., 2019, 40(3): 21. 1 Jan 2019
- Name
- Vasivaea weigendii
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Vasivaea
- Authors (Pub.)
- Woodcock D. W.
Meyer H. W.
Prado Y.
- Publication
- The Piedra Chamana fossil woods (Eocene, Peru) II [2019/1]
- Journal
- IAWA Journal
- Annee/Jahrgang
- 2019
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 3
- Page number
- 21
- Year
- 2019
- Fossil Status
- stems (wood)
- Stratigraphy
- Bartonian
- Strat. comment
- 39 Mya
- Location
- Piedra Chamana Fossil Forest main site (79°10'W, 6°35' S), near Sexi village, northern Peruvian Andes, Peru
- Paleoregion
- America (South)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository Number
- USM-S176
- Diagnosis
- Growth rings present, wood diffuse to semi-ring porous. Vessels solitary
and in short radial multiples, mean tangential diameter 50–100 μm, perforations simple, intervessel pits alternate, vessel-ray parenchyma pits similar to intervessel pits. Fibers non-septate. Axial parenchyma scanty paratracheal and diffuse to diffuse-in-aggregates. Rays non-storied, 1–4-seriate, composed of procumbent body ray cells, Intermediate
type tile cells, and one row of marginal upright cells or with long uniseriate extensions. Vessel elements, fibers, and axial parenchyma irregularly storied.
