3 NEW SPECIES OF MILLEROCAULIS (OSMUNDACEAE) FROM QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

Authors
TIDWELL WD CLIFFORD HT
Citation
Wd. Tidwell et Ht. Clifford, 3 NEW SPECIES OF MILLEROCAULIS (OSMUNDACEAE) FROM QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA, Australian systematic botany, 8(5), 1995, pp. 667-685
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Australian systematic botany → ACNP
ISSN journal
10301887
Volume
8
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
667 - 685
Database
ISI
SICI code
1030-1887(1995)8:5<667:3NSOM(>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Three new species of Millerocaulis Erasmus ex Tidwell emend. Tidwell, M. juandahensis, M. donponii, and M. limewoodensis, are described from the Middle Jurassic Birkhead Formation at 'Cattle Downs' north-west o f Wandoan and near 'Limewood' Station, north-east of Orallo in Queensl and, Australia. Their xylem cylinders essentially lack leaf gaps as do those of Millerocaulis dunlopii from New Zealand, M. indica from Indi a, M. indentata from Tasmania, and M. chubutensis from Argentina with which the new species are compared.