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Machilus ugoana

Machilus ugoana Huzioka in Tanai J. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ., Ser. 4, Geol., 11(2): 336. 20 Mar 1961
Name
Machilus ugoana
Rank
Species
Generic Name
[Genus] Machilus
Authors (Name)
Huzioka K.  
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
336
Year
1961
Parent Taxon
[Genus] Machilus
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-4283
Diagnosis
Leaves lanceolate in general outline, 7 to 7.5em long (estimated) and 1,7 to 2cm wide; apex gradually narrowed, but with rather obtuse tip; base narrowly cuneate; midrib rather stout, nearly straight, prominent on the lower sur£ace, secondary nerves slender and thin, 8 to 11 pairs, subopposite to alternate, diverging from the midrib at angles of 30 to 40 degrees on the middle part of blade, and at more angles at the basal part, gently curving upward, then ascending along the margin to conneet the above one, branching off a few finer tertiaries, camptodrome; interseeondary tertiaries and nervilles indistinct; margin entire; texture firm, subeoriaceous; petiole missing.

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