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Liaoxia chenii
Taxonomy
Liaoxia chenii was named by Cao et al. (1998). Its type locality is Jianshangou bed, near Chaomidian, which is in a Barremian/Aptian terrestrial mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China. It is the type species of Liaoxia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1998 | Liaoxia chenii Cao et al. |
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†Liaoxia chenii Cao et al. 1998
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| Z. Cao et al. 1998 | Panicle with a peduncle, at least 5.5 cm long and about 2.5 cm wide; rachis relatively stout, about 2 mm wide at the base, oppositely branching 1-2 times at a narrow angle, with longitudinal striations on the surface of rachis and branches, bearing two linear or ligulate bracts below each pair of branches. Spikelets ovate or elongated in outline, 5-10 mm long, solitary and terminal, composed of numerous glumes; glumes helically born upon the axis of spikelet, ovate, with awn-like apex and longitudianal veinlets. |