Bohlenia americana Brown 1935 (soapberry)

Angiospermae - Sapindales - Sapindaceae

Alternative combination: Dipteronia americana

Full reference: R. W. Brown. 1935. Miocene Leaves, Fruits, and Seeds from Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Journal of Paleontology 9(7):572-587

Belongs to Bohlenia according to J. A. Wolfe and W. Wehr 1987

See also Brown 1935

Sister taxon: Bohlenia insignis

Type specimen: USNM P38094, a leaf (leaves). Its type locality is Republic Locality 8428, which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian lacustrine horizon in the Klondike Mountain Formation of Washington.

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (2: Washington collections)

Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences

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