Liquidambaroxylon efeae

Name

Liquidambaroxylon efeae

Rank

Species

Generic Name

[Genus] Liquidambaroxylon

Authors (Pub.)

Akkemik Ü.  

Publication

A re-examination of the angiosperm wood record from the early and middle Miocene of Turkey, and new species descriptions [2021/6]

Journal

Acta Palaeobotanica

Volume

61

Issue

1

Page number

44

Year

2021

Fossil Status

stems (wood)

Stratigraphy

Burdigalian

Strat. comment

Hançili Formation

Location

Hoçaş Fossil Site of Seben city, Bolu Province, Türkiye

Paleoregion

Eurasia (Anatolia)

Data for Holotypus

Repository

ISTO Herbarium, Faculty of Forestry, Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Istanbul, Turkey

Repository Number

Three thin sections of specimen HOC37

Num

1 A-G

Descr.

holotype not specified among illustrations

Pub.

A re-examination of the angiosperm wood record from the early and middle Miocene of Turkey, and new species descriptions [2021/6]

Diagnosis

Growth ring boundaries mostly distinct. Wood diffuse-porous. Vessels exclu sively solitary (90% or more), generally angular in outline. Mean vessel tangential diameter 50–100 mm, ~100 vessels per mm2. Axial parenchyma apotracheal and diffuse. Rays of two distinct sizes: narrow uniseriate rays reaching to 0.4 mm high and larger rays commonly 4–6-seriate, some of the rays >1 mm high, 4–12 rays per mm. 3–4 axial parenchyma cells per strand. Fibre tracheids common. Rays heterocellular with procumbent body ray cells and 1–4 and or more rows of upright and/or square marginal cells. Intervessel pits opposite, alternate or commonly scalariform. Perforation plates scalariform with ~25–30 (20–40) bars.