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Connaroxylon
Genus Connaroxylon Baas, Manchester, E.A. Wheeler, R. Srivast. I.A.W.A. J., 38(1): 125. 13 Feb 2017
- Name
- Connaroxylon
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Baas P.
Manchester S. R.
Wheeler E. A.
Srivastava R.
- Publication
- Fossil wood with dimorphic fibers from the Deccan Intertrappean Beds of India – the oldest fossil Connaraceae? [2017/2]
- Journal
- IAWA Journal
- Volume
- 38
- Issue
- 1
- Page number
- 125
- Year
- 2017
- Parent Taxon
- [Family] Connaraceae
- Fossil Status
- stems (wood)
- Type
- Connaroxylon dimorphum
- Diagnosis
- Diffuse-porous wood. Vessels solitary and in radial multiples. Vessel
elements with alternate intervessel pits and simple perforations. Vessel-ray pits with
strongly reduced borders. Parenchyma very scanty. Fibers in alternating bands of
thin-walled parenchyma-like fibers and thick-walled “normal” fibers. Rays almost
exclusively uniseriate and composed of square to erect cells. Radial tubules present in
some of the rays. Crystals in chambered ray cells and fibers.
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