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Onoclea hesperia

Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Onocleaceae

Discussion

Also in Brown, R. W. 1962. pg. 43, pl. 7, figs. 1, 4.

Taxonomy
Onoclea hesperia was named by Hickey (1977) [Manchester 2014: McIver and Basinger 1993 argued that this species should be moved to the extant species O. sensibilis L.]. It is not extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Onoclea hesperia Brown p. 43
1977Onoclea hesperia Hickey p. 108 figs. pl. 4, figs. 12, 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
orderPolypodiales
RankNameAuthor
suborderAspleniineaeSchneid and Rothf
familyOnocleaceaePichi-Sermolli 1970
genusOnoclea
specieshesperiaHickey 1977

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.

Onoclea hesperia Hickey 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Puercan to the top of the Clarkforkian or 66.00000 to 54.90000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Wyoming) Onoclea hesperia (11368)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (Montana) Onoclea hesperia (53465 53957)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Onoclea hesperia (34417 34419 34420 34422 34427 34431)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Montana) Onoclea hesperia (40084 40279 55857)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (North Dakota) Onoclea hesperia (58032)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Onoclea hesperia (43248 57994 57996 57997)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (North Dakota) Onoclea hesperia (10968)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (North Dakota) Onoclea hesperia (10965)