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Castanoradix
Genus Castanoradix K. Takah., Mits. Suzuki I.A.W.A. J., 24(3): 273. 2003
- Name
- Castanoradix
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Takahashi K.
Suzuki M.
- Publication
- Dicotyledonous fossil wood flora and early evolution of wood characters in the Cretaceous of Hokkaido, Japan [2003]
- Journal
- IAWA Journal
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 3
- Page number
- 273
- Year
- 2003
- Parent Taxon
- [Family] Fagaceae
- Fossil Status
- roots (wood)
- Type
- Castanoradix cretacea
- Diagnosis
- Wood diffuse-porous. Vessels few; predorninantly solitary and sometimes in radial pairs; round in outline; medium to large in diameter; perforation plates exclusively simple; intervessel pits polygonal, erowded alternate; vessel-ray pits large, simple, varlously shaped. Vasicentric tracheids abundant. Rays exclusively uniseriate; heterocellular.
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