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Prumnopitys anglica
Prumnopitys anglica D.R. Greenw., C.R. Hill, Conran Taxon, 62(3): 569. 17 Jun 2013
- Name
- Prumnopitys anglica
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Prumnopitys
- Authors (Pub.)
- Greenwood D. R.
Hill C. R.
Conran J. G.
- Publication
- Prumnopitys anglica sp. nov. (Podocarpaceae) from the Eocene of England [2013/6]
- Journal
- Taxon
- Volume
- 62
- Issue
- 3
- Page number
- 569
- Year
- 2013
- Fossil Status
- foliage
- Stratigraphy
- Lutetian
- Strat. comment
- Branksome Formation
- Location
- coastal exposure at Bournemouth, England, U.K.
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Europe)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Natural History Museum, London, U.K.
- Repository Number
- V.46883
- Diagnosis
- Leaf simple, entire, hypodromous, linear to
lanceolate, 3–6 mm wide, more than 5 cm long, hypostomatic.
Stomatal bands narrow and well defined, individual stomata
free and in discontinuous rows. Stomata paratetracytic, with
rectangular pores and a Florin ring; polar subsidiary cells not
shared and generally extending past their contact with lateral
subsidiary cells by more than half their length. Anticlinal walls
of epidermal cells pitted, generally straight, rarely undulate.
