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Laurophyllum piatnitzkyi

Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae

Taxonomy
Laurophyllum piatnitzkyi 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.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Laurophyllum piatnitzkyi Berry p. 49 figs. Plare VI, 1, 2
2020Laurophyllum piatnitzkyi Stiles et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Mesangiosperms
Magnoliid
RankNameAuthor
orderLauralesJussieu 1820
familyLauraceaeJussieu 1789
genusLaurophyllumGöppert 1853
speciespiatnitzkyi

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. W. Berry 1937Leaves of small or moderate size, widest at or slightly below the middle, with acute tip and cuneate slightly decurrent base. Margins entire, rather full and evenly curved. Texture subcoriaceous. Length 6 to 9 cm. Maximum width 1.7 to 2.5 cm. Petiole stout, curved, at least 1.5 cm. long. Midvein mediumly stout and prominent, about 7 pairs, diverging from the midvein at irregular intervals, long ascending, curved, camptodrome, the basal pair more prominent than the others. Tertiaries mostly obsolete.