Leeites Zodrow et Z.F.Gao

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN002720

Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:2720

Authors: E. L. Zodrow & Z. Gao

Rank: genus

Reference: Zodrow, E. L. & Gao, Z. (1991): Leeites oblongifolis nov. gen. et sp. (Sphenophyllaean, Carboniferous), Sydney Coalfield, Nova Scotia, Canada. – Palaeontographica, Abt. B 223(1–3): 61–80.

Page of description: 63

Type

Original diagnosis/description

Strobili attached to an axis; six nodal sporophylls; sporophylls attached perpendicularly then turning acutely upwards; six sporangiophores adaxially to each sporophyll per node; sporangia, anatropous, one pair per sporangiophore; spores monolete and of the Laevigatosporites-type.

Etymology

In honour of Professor Lee Hsing-Hsüeh (Li Xingxue), Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia Sinica, for his continuous contribution to the understanding of Chinese palaeobotany.