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Brabantophyton runcariense
Brabantophyton runcariense Momont, Gerrienne, Prestianni Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 227: 78 [2]. 2 Nov 2015
- Name
- Brabantophyton runcariense
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Brabantophyton
- Authors (Pub.)
- Momont N.
Gerrienne P.
Prestianni C.
- Publication
- Brabantophyton, a new genus with stenokolealean affinities from a Middle to earliest Upper Devonian locality from Belgium [2015/11]
- Journal
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
- Volume
- 227
- Page number
- 78 [2]
- Year
- 2015
- Fossil Status
- stems (with branches)
- Stratigraphy
- Givetian
- Location
- Ronquières, Hainaut, Belgium
- Paleoregion
- Laurussia (Avalonia)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium
- Repository Number
- ULg-Ronq36
- Diagnosis
- Stem 4–10.5 mm wide. Protostele 2.2–8.4 mm in diameter. Primary rib 0.7–1.6 mm in length; secondary rib 0.7–1.4 mm long. Protoxylem tracheids of stems 11–39 μm in diameter, with scalariform to reticulate pitting. Parenchyma cells of protoxylem strands 9–49 μm wide and 33–51 μm high. Metaxylem tracheids of stems 24–111 μm in diameter; with 2 to 6-seriate circular bordered pits. Smaller metaxylem tracheids of stems 16–39 μm in diameter. Metaxylem pits 14–25 μm in diameter. Cortical parenchymatous cells 32–155 μm in transverse section; in longitudinal section, cells 22–129 μm wide and 79–22 μm high.
