Berryoxylon N.Awasthi, R.C.Mehrotra et Anum.Shukla

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN000264

Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:264

Authors: N. Awasthi, R. C. Mehrotra & A. Shukla

Rank: genus

Reference: Awasthi, N., Mehrotra, R. C. & Shukla, A. (2018): Some new fossil woods from the Cuddalore Sandstone of south India. – The Palaeobotanist 67(1): 33–46., link

Page of description: 38

Type

Name is type for

Original diagnosis/description

Wood diffuse porous. Growth rings present marked by marginal parenchyma bands. Vessels small to medium, evenly distributed, tylosed; vessel members with transverse to oblique ends, weakly storied; perforations simple; intervessel pits bordered, alternate, with lenticular apertures. Axial parenchyma both paratracheal and apotracheal, paratracheal vasicentric to aliform–confluent, apotracheal diffuse. Rays 1–4 seriate, storied, ray to ray fusion present, homo to heterocellular; ray tissue weakly heterogeneous. Fibres non–septate.