Akania patagonica Gandolfo et al. 1988

Angiospermae - Brassicales - Akaniaceae

Full reference: M. A. Gandolfo, M. C. Dibbern, and E. J. Romero. 1988. Akania patagonica n. sp. and additional material on Akania americana Romero & Hickey (Akaniaceae), from Paleocene sediments of Patagonia. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 115(2):83-88

Belongs to Akania according to M. A. Gandolfo et al. 1988

Sister taxon: Akania americana

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hunco, which is in a Paleocene/Eocene lacustrine delta front tuff in the La Huitrera Formation of Argentina

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Eocene of Argentina (6 collections)

• Paleocene to Eocene of Argentina (1)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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