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Buthelezia mooiensis
Buthelezia mooiensis Lacey, Dijk, Gordon-Gray Ann. Natal Mus., 22(2): 411. 14 Nov 1975
- Name
- Buthelezia mooiensis
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Buthelezia
- Authors (Pub.)
- Lacey W. S.
van Dijk D. E.
Gordon-Gray K. D.
- Publication
- Fossil plants from the Upper Permian in the Mooi River district of Natal, South Africa [1975/11]
- Journal
- Annals of the Natal Museum
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 2
- Page number
- 411
- Year
- 1975
- Fossil Status
- leafy twigs
- Stratigraphy
- Lopingian
- Location
- Small leafy shoots, probably complete plants, at least 17 mm long. Stems ranging from 0,5 mm to about 1,5 mm in diameter, bearing spirally arranged leaves. Leaves about 3,5 to 7,0 mm long, 0,5 to 2,0 mm wide, entire, fiat throughout their length. Smaller leaves lanceolate and nearly parallel-sided, largerleaves ovate-lanceolate, all acutely pointed, traversed by a single strong median vein, more prominent on the lower side, persistent to the apex, where it ends in a sharp, almost hair-like, point. Leaves attached to the stem by a broad sheathing base, ascending steeply for a short distance, then spreading at a wide angle, occasionally reflexed.
- Paleoregion
- Gondwana (South Africa)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- KwaZulu-Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
- Repository Number
- NM 1880
