Dolomitia
authorship:
Clement-Westerhof, 1987
rank:
genus
Type-species: Dolomitia cittertiae Clement-Westerhof, 1987
Dolomitia
Unranked:
Dolomitia
Dolomitia nov. gen.
nomenclatorial act:
protologue/first publication
Bibliography:
Page:
382
diagnosis:
Conifer. Shoots bearing spirally arranged bifacial leaves. Heterophylly may occur.
Ovuliferous dwarf-shoots more or less bilaterally symmetrical, provided with many sterile scales and three fertile scales of which two are laterally emerging and recurved and one median on the adaxial side, all showing basally on their abaxial surface a place of ovule attachment. Sterile and fertile scales moderately connate, basal part of dwarf-shoot stalklike and relatively short, indicating partial fusion with bract.
systematic position:
Majonicaceae
typeseries:
Type-species: Dolomitia cittertiae nov. sp.
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.
