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Terminalioxylon concordiensis

Angiospermae - Myrtales - Combretaceae

Taxonomy
Terminalioxylon concordiensis was named by Brea and Zucol (2001). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is LPPB 12413, pmLPPB 1234 to 1256, a plant debris (Wood), and it is a 3D fossil preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Punta Viracho, Concordia, which is in a Pleistocene fluvial horizon in the El Palmar Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Terminalioxylon concordiensis Brea and Zucol

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
classDicotyledoneae
RankNameAuthor
orderMyrtalesJussieu 1820
familyCombretaceaeBrown 1810
genusTerminalioxylonSchönfeld 1947
speciesconcordiensis

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Terminalioxylon concordiensis Brea and Zucol 2001
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. Brea and A. F. Zucol 2001Growth rings delimited by small vessels and narrow lines of terminal parenchyma. Wood with porosity; pores mostly solitary, sometimes in radial multiple series of 2-3 and rarely radial multiple series of 4. Vessels: tangencial diameter 104-224 µm, mean 180.8 µm; 5-16 vessels per square mm; length 176-560 µm (short); perforation plates simple; intervascular pitting alternate and sparce. Tylosis usually absent. Rays: homogenous radial system, rarely heterogeneous, with homocellular rays composed of procumbent cells or heterocellular ones composed of procumbent cells and 1-2 rows of upright and/or square marginal cells; numerous, 4-8 rays per linear mm; frequently uniseriate, rarely with biseriate portion; 136-328 µm high; 24-40 µm wide. Fibres: hexagonal in cross section and septate in longitudinal section; abundant; diameter 11.62-21.58 µm, mean 16.26 µm; walls 4.98-8.3 µm. Axial parenchyma: apotracheal and paratracheal. Apotracheal diffuse and diffuse-in-aggregates; paratracheal usually vasicentric complete to aliform, rarely confluent and of parenchyma terminal bands associated with 2-4 vessels. Crystals numerous, of two types, tetrahedral rod-to styloid-like in cells of ray and cubic in axial parenchyma cells. Secretory elements: intercellular canals of traumatic origin in parenchyma.