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Acsmithia grandiflora

Angiospermae - Oxalidales - Cunoniaceae

Taxonomy
Acsmithia grandiflora was named by Carpenter and Buchanan (1993) [Type locality: Cethana, Tasmania. Specimens examined: C-736,737.]. It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Holotype: C-736, housed in the Department of Plant Science, University of Tasmania., a fertile axis. Its type locality is Cethana Dam, which is in an Oligocene lagoonal siltstone/sandstone in Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Acsmithia grandiflora Carpenter and Buchanan p. 97 figs. 29, 32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
—Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
—Fabid
orderOxalidalesvon Berchtold and Presl 1820
familyCunoniaceaeBrown 1814
genusAcsmithiaHoogland 1979
speciesgrandiflora

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.

†Acsmithia grandiflora Carpenter and Buchanan 1993
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. J. Carpenter and A. M. Buchanan 1993Inflorescence at least two flowered, apparently a panicle. Flowers bisexual, apparently actinomorphic, 5 mm in diameter. Pedicels slender, 7-9 mm long. Calyx ?4 lobed, campanulate, lobes at least 5 mm long and 1 mm wide, apparently glabrous, distal margins inrolled. Petals absent. Stamens at least 2 (only 2 anthers visible), filaments 7 mm long, anthers ovoid, 1 mm long, dorsifixed, dehiscing by at least one longitudinal slit, exsert. Carpels 4-5, superior, erect, apparently free (certainly so in the upper part), 4 mm long and 3 mm wide at the base, bulbous and tapered to the style, styles filiform, at least 6 mm long.
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: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Australia (Tasmania) Acsmithia grandiflora (type locality: 166832)