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Acmopyle florinii

Coniferales - Podocarpaceae

Taxonomy
Acmopyle florinii was named by Hill and Carpenter (1991) [Type locality: Lake Bungarby, New South Wales. Specimens examined: LB-046,063,096.]. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is LB-063, housed in the Department of Plant Science, University of Tasmania., a sterile axis (Cuticle), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Lake Bungarby, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial mudstone in Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Acmopyle florinii Hill and Carpenter p. 469 figs. 29-31

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
orderConiferales
RankNameAuthor
familyPodocarpaceaeEndlicher 1847
genusAcmopylePilger 1903
speciesflorinii

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.

†Acmopyle florinii Hill and Carpenter 1991
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. S. Hill and R. J. Carpenter 1991Foliage dimorphic; distichous leaves bilateral, falcate, decurrent, strongly keeled with a single vein. Leaf length:width ratio 8:1-10:1. Short shoot about 4 cm long, 2 cm wide. Leaves amphistomatic, two longitudinal bands of stomates occurring from leaf base to apex on each surface. Cuticle in stomata1 bands relatively thin, cells at leaf margin relatively long, narrow and heavily cutinised. Cuticle on all subsidiary cells granular. Flange between guard and subsidiary cells well developed, smooth, relatively entire-margined. Polar extensions well developed. Flange between guard cells well developed, with thin polar extensions. Heavily cutinised, unicellular trichomes arising from a single foot cell occur sparsely over midvein, becoming more frequent towards leaf base, and common over the leaf-bearing axis.
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Late/Upper Paleocene or 58.70000 to 55.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Australia (New South Wales) Acmopyle florinii (type locality: 166738)