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Acmopyle tasmanica
Taxonomy
Acmopyle tasmanica was named by Hill and Carpenter (1991) [Type locality: Loch Aber, Tasmania.]. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Holotype: LA-060, stored in the Department of Plant Science, University of Tasmania., a leaf (Cuticle), and it is a compression fossil.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1991 | Acmopyle tasmanica Hill and Carpenter p. 470 figs. 39-41 |
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†Acmopyle tasmanica Hill and Carpenter 1991
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| R. S. Hill and R. J. Carpenter 1991 | Distichous leaves bilaterally flattened, slightly falcate, apex mucronate, base contracted. Leaf length about 7 mm, width 1.5 mm. On one leaf surface stomates in an orderly band about 12 stomatal rows wide running for the apical 213 of the leaf. Guard cells deeply sunken in comparison with epidermal cells. Stomates absent from the other leaf surface. Cuticle on both leaf surfaces relatively thick. Leaf glabrous. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 47.80000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Acmopyle tasmanica (167310) |