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Laurelites
Genus Laurelites H. Nishida, M. Nishida, Nasa Bot. Mag. (Tokyo), 101(1063): 301. Sep 1988
- Name
- Laurelites
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Nishida H.
Nishida M.
Nasa T.
- Publication
- Anatomy and affinities of the petrified plants from the Tertiary of Chile V [1988/9]
- Journal
- Botanical Magazine
- Volume
- 101
- Issue
- 1063
- Page number
- 301
- Year
- 1988
- Parent Taxon
- [Family] Atherospermataceae
- Fossil Status
- stems (wood)
- Type
- Laurelites doroteaensis
- Diagnosis
- Wood diffuse porous. Pores 490-650 per square mm, mostly solitary or 2-3 in
multiples arranged in radial series. Intervessel pits scalariform or oppositely arranged elliptical. Perforation plate scalariform. Tyloses abundant. Wood parenchyma apotracheal diffuse. Rays heterogeneous, type II A of Kribs, mostly bi- to quadriseriate, rarely uniseriate. Multiseriate rays with marginal cells and sometimes with uniseriate margins, 3-4 cells high. Ray-vessel pits scalariform or oppositely arranged elliptical.
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