Cuticular Anatomy of Angiosperm Leaves from the Lower Cretaceous Potomac Group I. Zone I Leaves

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dc.contributor.authorUpchurch, Garland R.
dc.date.accessioned2007-11-06T19:40:56Z
dc.date.available2012-02-24T10:03:17Z
dc.date.issued1984-02
dc.description.abstractAngiosperm leaf cuticles from the oldest part of the Potomac Group reinforce previous paleobotanical evidence for a Cretaceous flowering plant diversification. Dated palynologically as Zone I of Brenner (Aptian?), these remains show a low structural diversity compared to later Potomac Group and modem angiosperms. All cuticle types conform to a single plan of stomatal construction that is unusual in its extraordinary plasticity: both the number of subsidiary cells and their arrangement vary greatly on a single epidermis, such that the stomatamight be classified as paracytic, anomocytic, laterocytic, and intermediate. Such stomatal diversity is uncommon in extant angiosperms but is known from a few Magnoliidae. Many species possess secretory cells comparable to the oil cells of modem Magnoliidae, and a few show the bases of probable uniseriate hairs. None of the cuticle types can be assigned to a single modem family, but several show similarities with Chloranthaceae and Illiciales. These results support the concept that subclass Magnoliidae includes some of the most primitive living angiosperms.
dc.description.departmentBiology
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dc.format.extent11 pages
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dc.identifier.citationUpchurch, G. R. (1984). Cuticular anatomy of angiosperm leaves from the lower Cretaceous Potomac Group. I Zone I Leaves. American Journal of Botany, 71(2), pp. 192-202.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1002/j.1537-2197.1984.tb12503.x
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/2569
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherBotanical Society of America
dc.sourceAmerican Journal of Botany, 1984, Vol. 71, No. 2, pp. 192-202.
dc.subjectCretaceous
dc.subjectangiosperms
dc.subjectcuticle
dc.subjectstomata
dc.subjectanita
dc.subjectPotomac group
dc.subjectangiosperm
dc.subjectChloranthaceae
dc.subjectilliciales
dc.titleCuticular Anatomy of Angiosperm Leaves from the Lower Cretaceous Potomac Group I. Zone I Leaves
dc.typeArticle

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