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Pinus pitsidiensis
Pinus pitsidiensis Zidian., Iliop., Zelil., Kovar-Eder Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 235: 12. 22 Sep 2016
- Name
- Pinus pitsidiensis
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Pinus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Zidianakis G.
Iliopoulos G.
Zelilidis A.
Kovar-Eder J. B.
- Publication
- Pinus remains from the Pitsidia plant assemblage document coastal pine
forests in southern Crete during the late Miocene [2016/9]
- Journal
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
- Volume
- 235
- Page number
- 12
- Year
- 2016
- Fossil Status
- leafy twigs
- Stratigraphy
- Tortonian
- Strat. comment
- Ampelouzos Formation
- Location
- Pitsidia, Messara Basin, central part of southern Crete, Greece
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Europe)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Natural History Museum of Crete, University of Crete, Heraklion Crete, Greece
- Repository Number
- 31.4.2.2013a, b,
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Natural History Museum of Crete, University of Crete, Heraklion Crete, Greece
- Repository Number
- Dwarf shoots with fragmented needles in fascicles of
three, nrs 31.4.2.3372i; 31.4.2.3873; 31.4.2.3874; 31.4.2.5430a, b;
31.4.2.6102i; needles, nrs 31.4.2.2782; 31.4.2.3498i; 31.4.2.3698aii,
bii; 31.4.2.3857i; 31.4.2.5978aiii; 31.4.2.6668ii; long shoots, nrs
31.4.2.2010a, b; 31.4.2.2141a, b.
- Diagnosis
- Dwarf shoots with three (exceptionally four) needles per
fascicle; basal sheath prominent, persistent; needles typically up to
30 cm long, rather wide; needle in cross-section originally flabellate;
margin entire, apex more or less acute; stomata arranged in rows on
both sides, usually 7–11 rows adaxially and 7–8 abaxially; usually 7–
10 resin ducts per needle, positioned both ventrally and dorsally, most
of them externally but also medially positioned; long shoots
characterised by external scars forming a distinctive pattern of more
or less complete rhombi.
