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Figure 8. Extant Rhabdophyllum taxa. Herbarium specimen supplied
by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and cleared leaves supplied from the Jack A.
Wolfe United States Geological Survey Cleared Leaf Collection, housed at USNM.
Images depict the similarities between the extant genus Rhabdophyllum and
the new genus Rhabdophyllites (Figure
6 and Figure 7) including numerous,
thin, closely spaced secondary and intersecondary veins, reticulate tertiary
veins, and small teeth along the margin (see text). (1) Rhabdophyllum
arnoldianum (USGS cleared leaf number 3198, herbarium source voucher UC
1327293, Congo, collected Gilbert). Scale bar equals 1 cm. (2) Type
number of Rhabdophyllum penicillatum (specimen K000431306, Angola,
collected Welwitsch). Scale bar equals 1 cm. Reproduced with the consent of the
Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. (3) Detail of margin
from (2) showing small teeth along the margin. Scale bar equals 1 mm.
(4) Rhabdophyllum welwitschi (USGS cleared leaf number 4836,
herbarium source voucher MO 1643896, Angola, collected Carisso and Mendonça),
scale bar equals 1 cm. (5) Detail of venation from (4) showing venation
diverging from midvein and converging along the margin. Scale bar equals 1 mm.
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