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Betula leopoldae

Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae

Taxonomy
Betula leopoldae was named by Wolfe and Wehr (1987) [Holotype par side in the UW Burke Museum collections, counterpart side in the UCMP collections]. Its type specimen is UW 39722; UCMP 9286 (counter- part). Paratype. UW 31256., a leaf, 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.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Betula leopoldae Wolfe and Wehr pp. 15-16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Fabid
orderFagales
familyBetulaceae
genusBetula
speciesleopoldae

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Betula leopoldae Wolfe and Wehr 1987
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. A. Wolfe and W. Wehr 1987 Leaves simple; shape narrowly ovate, apex acuminate, base obtuse; margin serrate, apical angle acute, serration types typcially D-2 to D-4, sinuses angular, spacing regular, teeth com- pound with typically two subsidiary teeth on basal flank of major teeth; petiole normal, 0.8 cm long; venation pinnate; about 12 pairs of secondary veins, departing at a 45° angle, straight, craspedodromous, entering teeth centrally in basal and medial parts of lamina and entering teeth basally in apical part then bending sharply toward apex; typically two external secondary veins per secondary, craspedodromous; in- tersecondary veins absent; tertiary veins spaced about 0.8 cm apart, percurrent, opposite or alternate, slightly convex; quaternaries forming an irregularly polygonal mesh; quinternaries forming irregularly polygonal areoles; veinlets stout, branching once or twice.