Cordaixylon, F.C.Grand'Eury, 1877
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https://doi.org/ 10.5252/g2011n1a4 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4607907 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5328C915-CD7F-0D02-B757-0675ACA7B2CE |
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Felipe |
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Cordaixylon |
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Cordaixylon sp. ( Fig. 9A View FIG )
We illustrate a small, partly decorticated stem, about 6 mm in diameter. The cylinder of secondary xylem averages 4 mm and the pith 1.5 mm in diameter.The wood tracheids are small, ranging from 12-15 µm in diameter for the innermost ones to 20-30 µm in diameter at the periphery.The endarch maturation of the primary xylem conforms to the genus Cordaixylon Grand’Eury. On the surfaces studied the pith is solid and consists of a parenchyma of small cells (around 30 µm in diameter).One incomplete rachis, crescentshaped in cross section (P, Fig.9A View FIG ), is closely associated with the stem; it certainly represents one petiole of this plant, as suggested by its vascular anatomy consisting of more than six bundles as it should be expected in the petiole of such a young cordaitean stem. Associated in the same chert block we found fragments of leaves with a thin lamina ( Fig. 9F View FIG , see below).
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doxylon cf. rollei Unger , isolated wood fragment; A, transverse
section showing the distorted files of tracheids (SAR07BB03);
B, detail of the same showing rows of tracheids separated by narrow rays; C, radial longitudinal section showing poorly preserved uni-to biseriate circular pits of tracheids between two rays (SAR07BLR01); D, tangential longitudinal section showing the narrow (uniseriate) rays of variable height (SAR07AL07); E, isolated wood of pteridosperm affinities, radial longitudinal section showing the broad tracheids with multi (4 to 5)-seriate pitting (SARBB02). Scale bars: A, 1 mm; B, 0.5 mm; C-E, 100 μm.
Cordaites leaves
Some rock specimens contain diverse cordaitean leaves interspersed among leaves of other plants ( Fig. 9B View FIG ). These leaves, of different thickness and anatomy,are illustrated at the same magnification on Figure 9 View FIG C-F.
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