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Dryophyllum australis

Angiospermae - Fagales - Nothofagaceae

Taxonomy
Dryophyllum australis was named by Berry (1937). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type locality is Cerro Funes, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial claystone in Argentina.

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Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Dryophyllum australis Berry p. 40 figs. Plare VI, 4, 5
2020Dryophyllum australis Stiles et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Fabid
orderFagales
familyNothofagaceae
genusDryophyllumDebey 1865
speciesaustralis

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.

Dryophyllum australis Berry 1937
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. W. Berry 1937Leaves elongate-oval with acute tips and broadly cuneate or rounded base. Margins with remote and not prominent dentate or serrate teeth, one at the tip of each secondary. Texture subcoriaceous. Length about 9 or 10 cm. Maximum width, at the middle or slightly below, about 3 to 4 cm. Petiole stout, curved, 8 to 10 mm. in length. Midvein stout, prominent, diverging from the midvein at angles of 45° or usually more, slightly curved, subparrallel, craspedodrome, terminating in the marginal teeth. The present species is not unlike various described species of Dryophyllum and is also suggestive of Fagus except for its greater elongation and somewhat curved secondaries.