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Bohlenia americana

Angiospermae - Sapindales - Sapindaceae

Taxonomy
Dipteronia americana was named by Brown (1935) [Circumscribed originally to include both leaves and fruits ]. Its type specimen is USNM P38094, a leaf (leaves), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Republic Locality 8428, which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian lacustrine horizon in the Klondike Mountain Formation of Washington. It is the type species of Bohlenia.

It was recombined as Bohlenia americana by Wolfe and Wehr (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Dipteronia americana Brown p. 580
1987Bohlenia americana Wolfe and Wehr pp. 19-21 figs. Fig 5 & Plate 13, fig 1-8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Malvids
orderSapindales
familySapindaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusBohlenia
speciesamericana()

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.

Bohlenia americana Brown 1935
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. W. Brown 1935Leaflet (fig. 12), lanceolate in outline, asymmetric; main secondaries leave the midrib at a wide angle, sometimes fork near the margin, and enter the large rounded serrate teeth; intermediate secondaries common; nature of tip unknown.
J. A. Wolfe and W. Wehr 1987Leaf pinnately compound; leaflets ovate symmetrical, base obtusely asymmetrical, apex acute to acuminate; margin serrate, lobed, apical angle acute, serration type A-l; lobes typically with two teeth on basal side; venation pinnate; about eight pairs of secondary veins, angle of departure uniformly about 50°; alternate pairs of secondary veins craspedodromous, broadly curving, entering lobes centrally; other secondary veins bifurcating just before reaching sinuses between lobes, apical
branch extending parallel to basal side of lobe immediately apical, basal branch extending parallel to apical side of lobe immediately basal; tertiary veins straight to curved and merging midway between secondaries, originations on secondaries acute; higher order venation obscure
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 Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 48.07000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71USA (Washington) Bohlenia americana (11538) Dipteronia americana, Bohlenia americana (type locality: 11537)