Table 2 in A New Species Of Juniperoxylon From The Early Miocene Of Northwestern Turkey

Table 2. Comparison of modern Juniperus species (Esteban et al., 2004; Akkemik and Yaman, 2012) and Juniperoxylon acarcae sp. nov.
Fossil species / FeaturesJuniperus drupacea Labill.Juniperus excelsa M.Bieb.Juniperus foetidissima Willd.Juniperus oxycedrus L.Juniperus phoenicea L.Juniperus saltuaria Rehder & E.H.WilsonJuniperus thurifera L.Juniperoxylon acarcae Akkemik sp. nov.Growth ringDistinctDistinctDistinctDistinctDistinctDistinctDistinctDistinctPartial and false ringPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentTransition from earlywood to latewoodGradualGradualGradualGradual; 2-3 seriate of flattened latewood tracheidsGradualGradualGradualGradual; 1-2 seriate of flattened latewood tracheidsRadial pitting Intercellular spacePredominantly uniseriate Commonly presentPredominantly Predominantly Predominantly Predominantly Predominantly uniseriate uniseriate uniseriate uniseriate uniseriate Commonly Commonly Commonly Commonly present present present Present presentPredominantly uniseriate PresentUniseriate, Sometimes biseriate, opposite, spaced and contiguous Commonly presentHelical thickeningAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentLatewood tracheidsThick walledThick walledThick walledThick walledThick walledThick walledThick walledThick walledAxial parenchymaCommonCommonCommonCommonCommonCommonCommonCommonMarginal axial parenchymaAbsentPresentAbsentPresentAbsentAbsentPresent and 1-3 seriatePresent, uniseriateEnd wallsDistinctly pittedDistinctly pittedDistinctly pittedDistinctly pittedDistinctly pittedSmooth PittedSmooth PittedDistinctly pittedRaysExclusively uniseriate, rarely partly biseriateExclusively uniseriate, rarely partly biseriateExclusively uniseriate, rarely partly biseriateExclusively uniseriate, rarely partly biseriateExclusively uniseriate, rarely partly biseriateExclusively uniseriate, partly biseriateUniseriateRays exclusively uniseriate, rarely partly biseriate.End walls of raysNoddedNoddedNoddedNoddedNoddedNoddedNoddedNoddedCross-field pittingCupressoidCupressoidCupressoid and taxodioidCupressoidCupressoidCupressoidCupressoidCupressoidPit number per cross-field Ray heights1-2 (1-4) 3 (1-6)2 (2-4) 1-4 (-13)2 (1-4) 1-11 (-19)1-2 (1-5) 1-8 (-19)1-2 (1-5) 1-7 (-14)1-4 1-151-4 1-152-3 (-5) 2-6 (-16)IndenturePresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentAbsentPresent