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Laurophyllum waipiata
Laurophyllum waipiata Bannister, Conran, D.E. Lee Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 178: 22. 5 Apr 2012
- Name
- Laurophyllum waipiata
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Laurophyllum
- Authors (Pub.)
- Bannister J. M.
Conran J. G.
Lee D. E.
- Publication
- Lauraceae from rainforest surrounding an early Miocene maar lake, Otago, southern New Zealand [2012/4]
- Journal
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
- Volume
- 178
- Page number
- 22
- Year
- 2012
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Miocene
- Location
- Foulden Hills Diatomite, Foulden Maar, near Middlemarch,
Otago, South Island, New Zealand
- Paleoregion
- Australia (New Zealand)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Geology Museum, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
- Repository Number
- OU32541 (FH312)
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Geology Museum, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
- Repository Number
- OU33088 (FH680)
- Diagnosis
- Primary venation pinnate, secondary venation
eucamptodromous, seven thin secondary veins on each side of the
midrib. Tertiary venation mixed percurrent, epimedial tertiary veins
intersecting midrib at an obtuse angle. Marginal venation looped.
Epidermal cells on both surfaces with long flanges and thin, smooth
periclinal cuticle. Abaxial anticlinal cell walls with slight buttressing,
appearing sinuous.
