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Kirketapel
Genus Kirketapel Andr.-Colombo in Andr.-Colombo, Escapa, R.J. Carp., R.S. Hill, A. Iglesias, Abarzua, Wilf Alcheringa, 2018, 43(1)(10.1080/03115518.2018.1517222): 5 [131]. 15 Nov 2018
- Name
- Kirketapel
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Name)
- Andruchow-Colombo A.
- Authors (Pub.)
- Andruchow-Colombo A.
Escapa I. H.
Carpenter R. J.
Hill R. S.
Iglesias A.
Abarzua A. M.
Wilf P.
- Publication
- Oldest record of the scale-leaved clade of Podocarpaceae, early Paleocene of Patagonia, Argentina [2018/11]
- Journal
- Alcheringa
- Annee/Jahrgang
- 2018
- Volume
- 43(1)
- Issue
- 10.1080/03115518.2018.1517222
- Page number
- 5 [131]
- Year
- 2018
- Parent Taxon
- [Family] Podocarpaceae
- Fossil Status
- foliage
- Type
- Kirketapel salamanquensis
- Diagnosis
- Small, scale-like leaves, spirally arranged on shoots, ensiform, softly keeled abaxially, with acute apex and a continuous marginal frill only at the leaf
apex, amphistomatic. Florin rings reduced or absent. Stomata in very discontinuous rows, appearing randomly distributed, the stomata randomly oriented in relation to the major leaf axis, four to five subsidiary cells arranged in a ring. Epidermal cells irregularly shaped.
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