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Berhamniphyllum claibornense

Angiospermae - Rosales - Rhamnaceae

Taxonomy
Berhamniphyllum claibornense was named by Jones and Dilcher (1980). It is the type species of Berhamniphyllum.

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by M. Arakaki (authorized by H. Wang) on 2003-05-30; modified by M. Arakaki on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Berhamniphyllum claibornense Jones and Dilcher

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
RankNameAuthor
Rosids
Eurosids
Fabid
orderRosales
familyRhamnaceaeJussieu 1789
genusBerhamniphyllum
speciesclaibornense

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Berhamniphyllum claibornense Jones and Dilcher 1980
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. H. Jones and D. L. Dilcher 1980Leaves, symmetrical, elliptical or narrowly eliptical; apex and base, acute; venation, eucamptodrome, without any visible marginal looping; midrib, mederately thick; secondary veins, unbranched or very rarely branched; highest order of venation, fourth; areolation, poor; ultimate marginal venation, fimbriate; stomatal complex, anomocytic with 3-5 adjacent epidermal cells; trichomes absent or rare with unicellular bases surrounded by slightly smaller and somewhat radially modified epidermal cells.