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Eucryphia falcata

Angiospermae - Oxalidales - Cunoniaceae

Taxonomy
Eucryphia falcata was named by Hill (1991) [Type Locality: Lake Bungarby, South-eastern Australia. Specimens Examined: LB-025, 006, 098, 103, 134.]. It is not extant. Its type specimen is Holotype: LB-025, stored in the Department of Plant Science, University of Tasmania., a leaf (Leaf compound.). Its type locality is Lake Bungarby, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial mudstone in Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. milliganii, E. tertiaria

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Eucryphia falcata Hill p. 492 figs. 20 - 24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
—Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
—Fabid
orderOxalidalesvon Berchtold and Presl 1820
familyCunoniaceaeBrown 1814
genusEucryphiaCavanilles 1798
speciesfalcata

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.

†Eucryphia falcata Hill 1991
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. S. Hill 1991Leaf compound, number of leaflets unknown. Terminal leaflet symmetrical, base rounded, apex unknown, margin entire or with small, scattered serrations, length at least 7 cm, width up to 2.8 cm. Lateral leaflets falcate, base asymmetrical, apex attenuate, margin with prominent, regularly spaced serrations, length up to 9.5 cm, width up to 1.8 cm. Cuticle of both leaflet types with poorly formed peltiform extensions on the abaxial leaf surface and small, unicellular trichome bases on both leaf surfaces. mean stomatal length 15.7 µm, width 12.9 µm, subsidiary cell arrangement paracytic or brachyparacytic.
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: Late/Upper Paleocene or 58.70000 to 55.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Australia (New South Wales) Eucryphia falcata (type locality: 166738)