Majonica
authorship:
Clement-Westerhof, 1987
rank:
genus
Type species: Majonica alpina Clement-Westerhof, 1987
Majonica
Unranked:
Majonica
Majonica nov. gen.
nomenclatorial act:
protologue/first publication
Bibliography:
Page:
378
diagnosis:
Conifer. Shoots bearing spirally arranged bifacial leaves. Heterophylly
may occur. Shape of bracts rhomboid with acute apex. Ovuliferous dwarf-shoots
almost freely arising in bract-axils, bilaterally symmetrical, showing two
planes of symmetry, provided with a single or several sterile scales forming median
part and two laterally emerging recurved fertile scales forming the flanks.
Fertile scales bearing, basally on their abaxial surface, an inverted ovule.
Places of ovule attachment explicitly laterally situated. Fertile and sterile
systematic position:
Majonicaceae
typeseries:
Type-species: Majonica alpina 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.
