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Musopsis
Genus Musopsis A. Boyd Amer. J. Bot., 79(12): 1362. 29 Dec 1992
- Name
- Musopsis
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Boyd A. E.
- Publication
- Musopsis n. gen.: a banana-like leaf genus from the Early Tertiary of Eastern North Greenland [1992/12]
- Journal
- American Journal of Botany
- Volume
- 79
- Issue
- 12
- Page number
- 1362
- Year
- 1992
- Parent Taxon
- [Family] Musaceae
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Type
- Musopsis groenlandica
- Diagnosis
- Leaves with costae widths greater than 1.5 cm, seven vein orders (A-G) departing costa at near perpendicular angles; veins paralleling costa some distance before departing, straight course after departure until reaching margin then curving apically, parallel, vein order alternating in placement (configuration of vein orders as that in Fig. 3a) except vein order G, three to seven G order veins occurring between any vein pair of higher-order; cross veins present or absent, when present connecting adjacent vein orders, passing over only weakest vein order G.
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