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Libocedrus leaensis

Coniferales - Cupressaceae

Taxonomy
Libocedrus leaensis was named by Paull and Hill (2009) [Leaf specimens examined (8). LEA-1004, 1639, 1607, 3091, 3313, 3417, 3693, 5254.]. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Holotype: LEA-3693 stored in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, the University of Adelaide, South Australia., a fertile axis (Cuticle), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Lea River, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial siltstone in Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. masoni, L. pliocenica, L. prechilensis, L. salicornioides
Entered
by C. Jaramillo on 2015-03-28

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Libocedrus leaensis Paull and Hill p. 387 fig. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
subphylumEuphyllophytina
—Radiatopses
—Lignophytia
RankNameAuthor
—Spermatophytata
phylumGymnospermae
orderConiferales
familyCupressaceae
subfamilyCallitroideaeSaxton 1913
genusLibocedrusEndlicher 1847
speciesleaensis

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.

†Libocedrus leaensis Paull and Hill 2009
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Paull and R. S. Hill 2009Fertile branchlet with frequent alternate branching in same plane. Ovulate cones terminal on short branchlets, bracts elongate. Lateral leaves fused for about half their length, with bluntly acute apices, entire margins, and ventral surface stomata protected by overlying leaves. Facial leaves with few stomata on ventral leaf surfaces. All external surface stomata with high-ridged and lobed Florin rings.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"superp
Created: 2026-03-30 14:38:16
Modified: 2026-03-30 14:38:16
Source: superp = superphylum
Reference: Kenrick and Crane 1997

Age range: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Australia (Tasmania) Libocedrus leaensis (type locality: 166597)