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Duckeophyllum
Genus Duckeophyllum Herendeen, Dilcher Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 62(3-4): 342. 1 Mar 1990
- Name
- Duckeophyllum
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Herendeen P. S.
Dilcher D. L.
- Publication
- Fossil mimosoid legumes from the Eocene and Oligocene of southeastern North America [1990/3]
- Journal
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
- Volume
- 62
- Issue
- 3-4
- Page number
- 342
- Year
- 1990
- Parent Taxon
- [Family] Fabaceae
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Type
- Duckeophyllum eocenicum
- Diagnosis
- Leaves bipinnate with at least three
pairs of pinnae or detached pinnae and leaflets;
pinnae opposite; petiole and pinnae with pulvinus
at base; pinnae bear approximately 14
pairs of coriaceous leaflets; leaflets opposite,
subopposite or alternate; sessile or with short
petiolule; leaflet base strongly asymmetrical
with widest portion oriented distally; apex
symmetrical, acute and mucronate or rounded
to emarginate; midvein prominent and
straight; fine venation immersed in leaflet
tissue; secondary veins seldom preserved, brochidodromous;
cuticle: adaxial trichomes and
trichome bases absent, stomata abaxial, paracytic,
abaxial uniseriate single celled or multicelled
trichomes may or may not be present.
When trichomes are present, trichome basal
cell complex consists of 6-8 radially arranged
cells with a small basal cell.
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