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Dodonaea piedra-chamana
Dodonaea piedra-chamana D.W. Woodcock, H.W. Mey., Y. Prado I.A.W.A. J., 2019, 40(3): 37. 1 Jan 2019
- Name
- Dodonaea piedra-chamana
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Dodonaea
- 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
- 37
- 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)
- Diagnosis
- Wood with distinct growth rings, diffuse to semi-ring porous. Vessels
solitary and in radial multiples of 2–3, mean tangential diameter 50–100 μm, perforations simple, intervessel pits alternate, vessel-ray parenchyma pits similar to intervessel pits. Fibers non-septate. Axial parenchyma paratracheal scanty, irregularly aliform, and marginal. Rays (1–)2(–3)-seriate; composed of weakly procumbent cells or with 1–3+ rows of marginal square or upright cells or procumbent and square cells mixed throughout.
