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Cercis zekuensis
Taxonomy
Cercis zekuensis was named by Li et al. (2021) [Although the paper has multiple authors, the description of the species is attributed only to author Xiang‐Chuan Li. Additional figures of the material examined are provided in Figures 3 and 4. ]. Its type specimen is CG‐14‐001, a seed/fruit (fruits, also known as legumes or pods), and it is a 3D body fossil.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2021 | Cercis zekuensis Li et al. pp. 1327- figs. 3C and 3J |
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†Cercis zekuensis Li et al. 2021
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| X. Li et al. 2021 | Legumes linear to narrowly oblong, flattened,
and straight; base rounded or acuminate, apex acute or acuminate; pod margins straight, subparallel or parallel, at the base tapering to a slender stipe and at the apex protruding as a slender curved beak; ventral suture with a narrow veinless, longitudinally striated wing; valve indehis- cent with fine, transverse reticulate venation. Seeds at least 7 to 9, elliptical, compressed, and oriented in a single series evidently oblique to the pod length. |
Measurements
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| Reference: Kiessling 2009 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available