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Table 1 Comparative table of species of the genus Brachyoxylon (modified after Bodnar et al. 2013)

From: Occurrence of Brachyoxylon Hollick et Jeffrey from the Lower Cretaceous of Zhejiang Province, southeastern China

Species

Age

Distribution

False GR

Resin ducts

Tg TP

Rd TP

Ax Pa

Cr

Rays (height)

CFP

Brachyoxylon zhejiangense sp. nov. Tian, Zhu et Wang

Early Cretaceous

China

A

A

A

mixed 1–2 seriate

A

A

mostly 1 seriate (1–16 cells)

2–7 cupressoid

B. notabile Hollick and Jeffrey 1909

Late Cretaceous

USA

A

T

P

mixed 1–2 seriate

A

P

1 seriate (1–8 cells)

5–11 cupressoid

B. woodworthianum Torrey 1923

Early Cretaceous

USA

A

T

A

mixed

A

A

1–2 seriate (2–20) cells

cupressoid

B. saurinii Boureau and Serra 1961

Jurassic (?)

Cambodia

A

T

A

mixed 1–2 seriate

A

A

1 seriate (1–31 cells)

2–12 cupressoid

B. lagonense (Laudouéneix 1973) Dupéron-Laudouéneix 1991

Cretaceous

Chad

A

T

A

mixed 2–3 seriate

A

A

1 seriate (low)

cupressoid

B. trautii (Barale 1981)

Philippe 1995

Middle Jurassic

France

P

A

P

mixed 1–2 seriate

A

A

1 seriate (low)

4–9 cupressoid

B. liebermanii Philippe 1995

Jurassic

France

P

A

P

mixed 1 seriate

A

A

1 seriate (low)

5–12 cupressoid to podocarpoid

B. eboracense (Holden 1913)

Philippe 2002

Jurassic

England

A

A

A

mixed 1–2 seriate

A

A

1 seriate, (low)

numerous cupressoid

Brachyoxylon sp. Philippe et al. 2004b

Late Jurassic

Thailand

P

A

P

mixed 1–2 seriate

A

A

1 seriate, (low)

up to 12 cupressoid

B. avramii Iamandei and Iamandei 2005

Early Cretaceous

Romania

A

T

R

mixed, 1–2 seriate

A

A

1 seriate (1–21 cells)

1–8 cupressoid

B. dobrogiacum Iamandei and Iamandei 2005

Early Cretaceous

Romania

A

A

P

mixed 1–3 seriate

P

P

1 seriate (1–10 cells)

1–6 cupressoid

B. semibiseriatum (Pant and Singh 1987)

Kurzawe and Merlotti 2010

Permian

Brazil

A

P

P

mixed 1–5 seriate

A

A

1 seriate (1–38 cells)

4–16 cupressoid

B. serrae Philippe et al. 2011

Early Cretaceous

Thailand

A

T

P

mixed 1–2 seriate

A

A

1 seriate (1–15 cells)

5–16 cupressoid

B. currumilii Bodnar et al. 2013

Early–Middle Jurassic

Argentina

A

A

R

mixed 1–2 seriate

R

A

1 seriate (1–10 cells)

4–11 cupressoid

B. baqueroensis Vera and Césari 2015

Late Cretaceous

Argentina

A

A

A

mixed 1–3 seriate

A

A

1 seriate (1–9 cells)

8–26 cupressoid

  1. Note: Anatomical characters that differ from those of the new species Brachyoxylon zhejiangense sp. nov. are bolded
  2. GR Growth rings, Tg TP Tangential tracheid pitting, Rd TP Radial tracheid pitting, Ax Pa Axial parenchyma, Cr Crassulae, CFP Cross-field pits, P Present, A Absent, T Traumatic, R Rare