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Populus sonorensis

Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Salicaceae

Taxonomy
Populus sonorensis was named by Axelrod (1939). Its type specimen is UCMP 1420, 1421 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cache Peak (P-3643), which is in a Hemingfordian/Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Bopesta Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. acuminatafolia, P. aspensis, P. gallowayi, P. tengchongensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Populus sonorensis Axelrod p. 94 figs. Plate 6, figures 9, 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
—Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
—Fabid
orderMalpighiales
familySalicaceae
genusPopulus
speciessonorensis

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.

†Populus sonorensis Axelrod 1939
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available