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Eucryphia microstoma

Angiospermae - Oxalidales - Cunoniaceae

Taxonomy
Eucryphia microstoma was named by Hill (1991) [Type Locality: Regatta Point, South-western Tasmania. Specimens Examined: the holotype, and several pieces of dispersed cuticle which are stored with it.]. It is not extant. Its type specimen is Holotype: RPE-028, stored in the Department of Plant Science, University of Tasmania., a leaf. Its type locality is Regatta Point Eocene, which is in an Eocene fluvial-deltaic mudstone/sandstone in Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. lucida, E. milliganii, E. milliganii, E. tertiaria
Entered
by A. Cárdenas (authorized by C. Jaramillo) on 2015-02-24

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Eucryphia microstoma Hill p. 493 figs. 26 - 30

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
RankNameAuthor
—Rosids
—Eurosids
—Fabid
orderOxalidalesvon Berchtold and Presl 1820
familyCunoniaceaeBrown 1814
genusEucryphiaCavanilles 1798
speciesmicrostoma

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Eucryphia microstoma Hill 1991
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. S. Hill 1991leaf or leaflet probably entire-margined, > 7 cm long, 1.4 cm wide, base and apex unknown. Cuticle with relatively poorly formed peltiform extensions on the abaxial leaf surface and small unicellular trichome bases on both leaf surfaces. Mean stomatal length 10.9 µm width 7.3 µm. Subsidiary cell arrangement Brachyparacytic, with relatively small proportion of the guard dell wall common with the pair of subsidiary cells.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Eocene or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Australia (Tasmania) Eucryphia microstoma (type locality: 166977)