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Prosopisinoxylon
Genus Prosopisinoxylon L.C.A. Martínez Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 158(3-4): 264. Jan 2010
- Name
- Prosopisinoxylon
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Martínez L. C. A.
- Publication
- Prosopisinoxylon anciborae nov. gen. et sp. (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae) from the
Late Miocene Chiquimil Formation (Santa María Group), Catamarca, Argentina [2010/1]
- Journal
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
- Volume
- 158
- Issue
- 3-4
- Page number
- 264
- Year
- 2010
- Parent Taxon
- [Family] Fabaceae
- Fossil Status
- stems (wood)
- Type
- Prosopisinoxylon anciborae
- Diagnosis
- Secondary wood, growth rings indistinct. Diffuse
porous. Vessels of two distinct diameter classes, small and very
large. Vessels circular to oval in outline; solitary, in radial multiples
and in clusters. Vessel elements short. Perforation plates simple.
Intervessel pits from minute to medium, oval to circular, alternate and
vestured. Rays homocellular, procumbent cells, 1–9 seriate (Kribs
Homogeneous type II). Axial parenchyma paratracheal vasicentric,
aliform and confluent to banded, in longitudinal section in strands and
fusiform. Apotracheal parenchyma diffuse, with prismatic crystals in
chambered cells and with a single rhomboid crystal per chamber.
Fibres with simple pits and thick-walled.
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