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Bohlenia

Angiospermae - Sapindales - Sapindaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Bohlenia Wolfe and Wehr p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Malvids
orderSapindales
familySapindaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusBohlenia

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.

G. †Bohlenia Wolfe and Wehr 1987
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Bohlenia insignis Lesquereux 1874
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Invalid names: Myrica alkalina Lesquereux 1883 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. A. Wolfe and W. Wehr 1987 Leaves apparently pinnately com- pound; leaflets with serrate margin, serration type A-l, teeth compound or simple; venation pinnate; secondary veins with uniform angle of departure, al- ternate pairs of secondary veins craspedodromous, entering teeth centrally; other pairs of secondary veins bifurcating just before reaching sinuses be- tween major teeth, apical branch extending parallel to basal side of lobe immediately apical, basal branch extending parallel to apical side of major tooth im- mediately basal; tertiary veins acute to secondary veins, straight to curved and merging midway be- tween secondaries. Fruit, a three-parted samara; pedunculate; sa- maras joined for about half the proximal margin along a vascularized stalk, vascularization extending across samara to a centrally located seed; samara ful- ly enclosing seed; distal side of samara forming three- fourths of a circle; samara vascularized by a reticu- lum of veins that branch at acute angles.
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: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 47.80000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Washington) B. americana (11537 11538)