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Mesibovia
Taxonomy
Mesibovia was named by Wells and Hill (1989). It is considered to be a form taxon.
It was assigned to Podocarpaceae by Wells and Hill (1989).
It was assigned to Podocarpaceae by Wells and Hill (1989).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1989 | Mesibovia Wells and Hill |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Mesibovia Wells and Hill 1989
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| P. M. Wells and R. S. Hill 1989 | Foliage uniform, spirally arranged; leaves bifacial, imbricate, elongated, rhomboidal scales. Apex acute, slightly inwardly curved. Margin entire. Cuticle very unequally amphistomatic, stomata arranged in two crowded zones from near base almost to apex either side of stomata-free midregion on adaxial surface. Abaxial stomata in small crowded basal zones either side of midregion. Stomata amphicyclic, randomly oriented, not in rows. Epidermal cells other than subsidiary cells rare in stomatal zones; epidermal cells between zones rectangular, in files parallel to long axis of leaf. |