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XXI.—Levicaulis arranensis, gen. et sp. nov., A Lycopsid Axis from the Lower Carboniferous of Scotland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2012

Charles B. Beck
Charles B. Beck*
Affiliation:
Cornell-Glasgow Exchange Fellow, University of Glasgow.
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Synopsis

A Large number of structurally preserved lycopsid axes from the Lower Carboniferous of Scotland are described and designated as a new genus and species. A comparison of this genus with other lycopsids is followed by a discussion of the development of the secondary cortex, and several other interesting structural features.

Type
Research Article
Information
Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 63 , Issue 3 , 1959 , pp. 445 - 457
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1959

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Footnotes

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Now at the Department of Botany, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.

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This paper was assisted in publication by a grant from the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland.

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