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Banksia novaezelandiae

Angiospermae - Proteales - Proteaceae

Taxonomy
Banksia novaezelandiae was named by Carpenter et al. (2010) [Also Banksia novae-zelandiae. Type locality: Newvale Mine, Waimumu Coalfield, Southland. Site registered as F45/f0394 in the New Zealand Fossil Record File administered by the Geological Society of New Zealand. The NZ Map Grid reference on Infomap series is NZMS 260 F45/817434 (46.1427 °S, 168.7518 °E). Paratype: OU32767. Additional specimens of dispersed cuticle mounted on slides and SEM stubs.]. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Holotype: OU32766, stored at Otago University Geology Department., a leaf (Cuticle), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is F45/f0394, middle Gore Lignite Measure, Newvale Mine, which is in an Oligocene/Miocene mire/swamp lignite in New Zealand.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. marginata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Banksia novaezelandiae Carpenter et al. p. 290 figs. 2-11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
RankNameAuthor
orderProtealesJussieu 1829
familyProteaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusBanksiaLinnaeus 1782
speciesnovaezelandiae

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.

†Banksia novaezelandiae Carpenter et al. 2010
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. J. Carpenter et al. 2010Leaves pinnately lobed. Secondary venation indistinct. Stomata superfi cially placed in areoles (not in pits or depressions). Subsidiary cells adorned with cuticular rugulations aligned at right angles to the cells. Abaxial surface adorned with variably complex papillae. Trichome bases very abundant on both surfaces.
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: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 27.30000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98New Zealand (Southland) Banksia novaezelandiae (type locality: 169981)