Majonica alpina
authorship:
Clement-Westerhof, 1987
rank:
species
Holotype: UU-LPP prep. 755 (=Clement-Westerhof, 1987, pl. 1, fig. 1).
Majonica alpina
Unranked:
Majonica alpina
Majonica alpina nov. sp.
nomenclatorial act:
protologue/first publication
Bibliography:
Page:
380
diagnosis:
Shoots bearing spirally arranged bifacial leaves. Observed width of axes
up to 5 mm; axes together with leaves up to 30 mm. Leaves slightly overlapping,
straight. Different shapes and dimensions of leaves indicating heterophylly:
(1) Shape narrow-subtriangular with acute apex; observed dimensions up to 35 mm
long, 6 mm wide; leaf base rhomboid, slightly decurrent; this type of leaves
possibly originating from main axes; (2) Shape ovate, apex obtuse, observed
dimensions up to 10 mm long, 4 mm wide, margin sometimes sinuate; (3) Shape
systematic position:
Majonicaceae, Majonica
typeseries:
Holotype: Prep. 755, Laboratory of Palaeobotany and Palynology of the State University of Utrecht, The Netherlands., (Plate I, 1).
locality:
stratigraphy:
Aspects of Permian palaeobotany and palynology, VII. The Majonicaceae, a new family of Late Permian conifers
, “Aspects of Permian palaeobotany and palynology, VII. The Majonicaceae, a new family of Late Permian conifers”, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, vol. 52 , pp. 375-402, 1987.
