Cordaites, Unger, 1850

Galtier, Jean, Ronchi, Ausonio & Broutin, Jean, 2011, Early Permian silicified floras from the Perdasdefogu Basin (SE Sardinia): comparison and bio-chronostratigraphic correlation with the floras of the Autun Basin (Massif central, France), Geodiversitas 33 (1), pp. 43-69 : 62

Cordaites sp.

( Fig. 9E )

This radial section shows the excellent preservation of the lamina with vertical mesophyll plates separated by lacunae and palisade-like tissue in a leaf similar to the previous one.

Figures

FIG. 9. — Silicified plants from the Permian of Sardinia: A, Cordaixylon sp., transverse section of a partly decorticated small stem with a solid parenchymatous pith; on the left the closely associated rachis (P) with several xylem bundles may represent a petiole of the same plant (SAR24B4L13);B, Cordaites leaves associated with Pecopteris pinnules;the broadest leaf (CC) with interfascicular scleren-