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Myrceugenellites
Genus Myrceugenellites H. Nishida, M. Nishida, Nasa Bot. Mag. (Tokyo), 101(1063): 297. Sep 1988
- Name
- Myrceugenellites
- 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
- 297
- Year
- 1988
- Parent Taxon
- [Family] Myrtaceae
- Fossil Status
- stems (wood)
- Type
- Myrceugenellites maytenoides
- Diagnosis
- Diffuse porous wood. Pores mostly solitary, evenly scattered throughout the
wood, exhibiting a high density of 200-590 pores per square ram. Perforation plate scalariform bearing ca. 14-60 cross bars. Intervessel pits circular to scalariform. Tyloses abundant. Wood parenchyma apotracheal and diffuse. Rays heterogeneous, type I or type II A of Kribs, generally bi- and triseriate with high uniseriate margins. Fused rays often present. Ray-vessel pits circular to elliptical.
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