Anatomically Preserved Marattialean Plants from the Upper Permian of Southwestern China: The Trunk of Psaronius laowujiensis sp. nov.
Anatomically Preserved Marattialean Plants from the Upper Permian of Southwestern China: The Trunk of Psaronius laowujiensis sp. nov.
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DOI:
10.1086/653144
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发表时间:
2010-07
影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
He Xiaoyuan;Jing Jianhua;Wang Shi-jun;Fu Xiaoping;L. Nan;Li Yong
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作者:
He Xiaoyuan;Jing Jianhua;Wang Shi-jun;Fu Xiaoping;L. Nan;Li Yong
A marattialean trunk of Psaronius laowujiensis sp. nov. is described from the Upper Permian of the Xuanwei Formation, Panxian County, Guizhou Province, South China. The specimen most likely represents the lower part of the trunk, because the preserved thickness of the root mantel is somewhat larger than the diameter of the stem. Meristeles of the stem are arranged in approximately five tangential stelar cycles but not in radial files. Inner meristeles are in small number, ∼12–13, and loosely arranged. Leaf traces diverge helically and are organized in a 2/5 phyllotaxy. The leaf base vascular configuration consists of three strands that include a large U‐shaped, centrifugal strand, a small centripetal strand, and an inverted Ω‐shaped internal strand. A vascular bundle sheath one or two cell layers thick surrounds each meristele. Within the centripetal concavity of each peripheral cauline bundle there are anchor‐shaped sclerenchymatous strands. Ground tissue appears to consist of aerenchymatous parenchyma, ...