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Bowenia papillosa
Bowenia papillosa R.S. Hill Austral. J. Bot., 26(6): 839. 1978
- Name
- Bowenia papillosa
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Bowenia
- Authors (Pub.)
- Hill R. S.
- Publication
- Two new species of Bowenia from the Eocene of Eastern Australia [1978]
- Journal
- Australian Journal of Botany
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 6
- Page number
- 839
- Year
- 1978
- Fossil Status
- foliage
- Stratigraphy
- Priabonian
- Location
- Nerriga (3.5" 07' S., 150" 05' E.), c. 120 km north-east of Canberra, southern tablelands of New South Wales, Australia
- Paleoregion
- Australia
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- South Australian State Herbarium (AD), Adelaide, Australia
- Repository Number
- 0114
- Diagnosis
- Pinnule margin serrate, with dichotomously branching, non-anastomosing veins arising simultaneously at the base and terminating in teeth. Numerous dichotomously branching veinlets arising from the veins. Pinnules amphistomatic, stomates rare on the upper surface. Stomates normally with five subsidiary cells. Papillae over the veins, more common on the upper epidermis. Papilla base simple, circular, with thickened wall.
