Dear Otto, thanks and yes, this and other online databases (i.e. http://www.woodanatomy.ch/ident_key.html) have helped but they are a bit hard to use when you navigate in gymnosperm-blindness like me!...
Best
Emilie
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From: Brinkkemper, Otto [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, 28 April 2015 11:00 PM
To: The archaeobotany mailing list; Emilie Dotte
Subject: RE: conifers wood anatomy?
Dear Emilie and others,
There is a splendid website "Inside wood" that allows you to enter those identification characteristics you observe, gives the option to select areas of the world, and gives you a list of taxa that fall within your characteristics: http://insidewood.lib.ncsu.edu/search;jsessionid=B08E17C195D07503565B10E5CD5ABA13?0
You need a copy of IAWA bulletin that identifies the various characteristics with a unique number, but if you choose "modern wood menu" or "fossil wood menu" you get them listed (not illustrated as in the IAWA bulletin).
Hope this helps!
oTTo
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Onderwerp: conifers wood anatomy?
Dear all,
I am writing to request help on identifying conifer taxa(on?) from anthracological samples of French Polynesia.
I have very limited experience with conifer wood anatomy since I have worked mainly in New Caledonia and French Polynesia where there are no to limited conifer species (mainly Araucariaceae and some Cupressaceae in New Cal).
The only conifer species known in FP are Pinus spp introduced in the 20th, mainly Pinus carribea, and from what I have found, the 3 little fragments I have (in 2 different assemblages) do not seem to correspond to this taxon.
If anyone could maybe give me a hint towards a family or genus to investigate from the (limited?) description I have below, I would be very grateful. I also have a number of images to send to anyone who think they can help me!!
Porosity: Abrupt change in tracheid diameter Axial and Radial canals present Uniseriate rounded bordered pits, large to medium Helical thickenings in all tracheids - tending to horizontal orientation Rays uniseriate 3-5 to 10-20 cells high, some biseriate ones and some bi-triseriate with radial canals, heterogenous Vessel-rays crossing: 2-4 pits, piceoid to cupressoid, small; dentate walls
Many thanks!
Dr Emilie Dotte-Sarout
Postdoctoral Fellow
ARC Laureate Project
The Collective Biography of Archaeology in the Pacific - A Hidden History School of Archaeology and Anthropology, The Australian National University [log in to unmask]
Honorary Research Fellow
Archaeology, School of Social and Cultural Studies, The University of Western Australia [log in to unmask] ________________________________________
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