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Cucurbitaciphyllum
Genus Cucurbitaciphyllum Manchester Sborn. Nár. Muz. Praze, Řada B, Přír. Vědy, 70(3-4): 169. Dec 2014
- Name
- Cucurbitaciphyllum
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Manchester S. R.
- Publication
- Revisions to Roland Brown's North American Paleocene flora [2014/12]
- Journal
- Sborník Národního Muzea v Praze
- Volume
- 70
- Issue
- 3-4
- Page number
- 169
- Year
- 2014
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Type
- Cucurbitaciphyllum lobatum
- Diagnosis
- Leaves palmately trilobed, petiole narrow, not swollen at junction with lamina. Lamina base cordate, lobe apices acute; lobal sinuses rounded, margins of the three main lobes with smaller lobes and teeth. Venation actinodromous with a primary vein directed into each major lobe. Secondary veins pinnate, camptodromous to semicraspedodromous, sometimes interconnecting to form an intramarginal vein in lower portion of the lobes. Lower surface of leaf covered by closely spaced trichomes.
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