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Laurophyllum microphyllum
Laurophyllum microphyllum Bannister, Conran, D.E. Lee Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 178: 22. 5 Apr 2012
- Name
- Laurophyllum microphyllum
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Laurophyllum
- Authors (Pub.)
- Bannister J. M.
Conran J. G.
Lee D. E.
- Publication
- Lauraceae from rainforest surrounding an early Miocene maar lake, Otago, southern New Zealand [2012/4]
- Journal
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
- Volume
- 178
- Page number
- 22
- Year
- 2012
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Miocene
- Location
- Foulden Hills Diatomite, Foulden Maar, near Middlemarch,
Otago, South Island, New Zealand
- Paleoregion
- Australia (New Zealand)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Geology Museum, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
- Repository Number
- OU33035 (FH627)
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Geology Museum, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
- Repository Number
- OU32884 (FH609)
- Diagnosis
- Leaves small, primary venation pinnate, secondary
venation eucamptodromous, five secondary veins on each side, tertiary
venation reticulate or mixed percurrent and reticulate; proximal
intramarginal vein becoming marginal distally. Epidermal cells with
prominent corner flanges, periclinal cuticle smooth. Trichome bases
consisting of a small angular pore; surrounding cells radially extended.
Etymology: The epithet refers to the small leaf size.
