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Metridiostrobus
Genus Metridiostrobus Delev., R.C. Hope Amer. J. Bot., 68(7): 1004. 26 Aug 1981
- Name
- Metridiostrobus
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Delevoryas T.
Hope R. C.
- Publication
- More evidence for conifer diversity in the Upper Triassic of North Carolina [1981/8]
- Journal
- American Journal of Botany
- Volume
- 68
- Issue
- 7
- Page number
- 1004
- Year
- 1981
- Parent Taxon
- [Family] Palissyaceae
- Fossil Status
- cones (ovuliferous)
- Type
- Metridiostrobus palissyaeoides
- Diagnosis
- Ovulate strobilus of uncertain length and 4 cm wide with bract-ovuliferous appendage complexes arranged in a loose helix; bracts extended, elongate-spatulate with acuminate tips and entire margins, 1.5-2.0 cm long and about 2.5 mm wide at the broadest point, gently tapering toward the base; ovuliferous appendage situated adaxially, narrow, about 0.5 mm wide, bearing 8-10 opposite ovules in two lateral rows, with micropyles directed outward; ovules not arillate, borne in the middle third of the area of the subtending bract.
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