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Liriodendroidea asiatica
Liriodendroidea asiatica Frumin, Friis Pl. Syst. Evol., 216(3-4): 270. Sep 1999
- Name
- Liriodendroidea asiatica
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Liriodendroidea
- Authors (Pub.)
- Frumin S.
Friis E. M.
- Publication
- Magnoliid reproductive organs from the Cenomanian-Turonian of north-western Kazakhstan: Magnoliaceae and Illiciaceae [1999/9]
- Journal
- Plant Systematics and Evolution
- Volume
- 216
- Issue
- 3-4
- Page number
- 270
- Year
- 1999
- Fossil Status
- seeds
- Stratigraphy
- Cenomanian
- Strat. comment
- Turonian
- Location
- Sarbay Quarry, near the town of Rudnyy, Northern Kazakhstan
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Central Asia)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St.-Petersburg, Russian Federation
- Repository Number
- 1700b-114
- Diagnosis
- Seeds winged; main seed body (without wing) ovate to broadly
ovate in outline, rounded or slightly angular at the base and with acuminate apex.
Raphe narrow; raphe sinus broad and distinct, ovate in outline. Wing woody, thick,
without secretory cells. Outer surface of seed faintly striate and rugose. Endotesta
with two layers of strongly lignified palisade-shaped sclerenchyma cells with rare
imprints of small, cubic crystals.
