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Ripogonum tasmanicum
Ripogonum tasmanicum Conran, R.J. Carp., G.J. Jord. Austral. Syst. Bot., 22: 222. 10 Jun 2009
- Name
- Ripogonum tasmanicum
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Ripogonum
- Authors (Pub.)
- Conran J. G.
Carpenter R. J.
Jordan G. J.
- Publication
- Early Eocene Ripogonum (Liliales: Ripogonaceae) leaf macrofossils from southern Australia [2009/6]
- Journal
- Australian Systematic Botany
- Volume
- 22
- Page number
- 222
- Year
- 2009
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Eocene
- Strat. comment
- Macquarie Harbour Formation
- Location
- Lowana Road exposure, Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania, Australia
- Paleoregion
- Australia
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- University of Tasmania, Department of Plant Sciences, Hobart, Australia
- Repository Number
- Specimen LR42
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- University of Tasmania, Department of Plant Sciences, Hobart, Australia
- Repository Number
- Specimen LO115
- Diagnosis
- Five-nerved leaves, with basal and suprabasal secondary vein
pairs. Leaves hypostomatic, adaxial and abaxial epidermal cells
similar, with strong U-shaped sinuosities; vein cells apparently
undifferentiated and hairs or glands absent; stomata and guard
cells unornamented, subsidiary cells resembling epidermal cells.
