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Neolitsea japonica
Neolitsea japonica Tanai J. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ., Ser. 4, Geol., 11(2): 337. 20 Mar 1961
- Name
- Neolitsea japonica
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Neolitsea
- Authors (Pub.)
- Tanai T.
- Publication
- Neogene floral change in Japan [1961/3]
- Journal
- Journal of the Faculty of Science of the Hokkaido University
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 2
- Page number
- 337
- Year
- 1961
- Parent Taxon
- [Genus] Neolitsea
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Miocene
- Location
- Ouchi, Marumori-machi, Igu-gun, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Japanese Archipelago)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Geological Survey of Japan, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan
- Repository Number
- GSJ-4285
- Diagnosis
- Leaves lanceolate in shape, 8 to 11em (estimated) long and 2,5 to 3cm wide; base gradually narrowed or cuneate; apex unknown but probably acute; tri-plinerved at the portion distant from the base; midrib stout, slightly curved; a pair of lateral primary nerves emerging a little above from the base, diverging from the midrib at angles of about 20 degrees, then curving up along the margin somewhat beyond the middle part of the blade; slender secondaries irregularly diverging from the midrib in the upper half of the leaf, 3 or 4 pairs subparallel to the Iateral primaries, curving upward, £orming loops within the margin; tertiaries thin, indistinct but finely reticulate; petiole lacking; texture coriaceous.
