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Caesalpinia claibornensis

Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae

Taxonomy
Caesalpinia claibornensis was named by Herendeen and Dilcher (1991). Its type locality is Warman Clay Pit, which is in an Eocene/Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Claiborne Formation of Tennessee.

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Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Caesalpinia claibornensis Herendeen and Dilcher

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Fabid
orderFabalesBromhead 1838
familyFabaceaeLindley 1836
genusCaesalpinia
speciesclaibornensis

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Caesalpinia claibornensis Herendeen and Dilcher 1991
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. S. Herendeen and D. L. Dilcher 1991Fruits are 5.1-8.1 cm long (x=6.9 cm), 1.2-2.1 cm wide (x=1.7 cm, excluding the wing) and have a continuous vascularized wing along the placental suture that is 3.5-9 mm wide (x=4.7 mm, max. width). The wing is usually wider at the fruit center than at the ends. The fruits are thin and membranous. The fruit base is acute to obtuse, the apex is blunt and rounded or occasionally mucronate with a persistent style base (ca. 1 mm long). The fruits are short stipitate (ca. 2 mm) and contain three to seven ovules. The fruit valve venation consists of numerous, closely spaced primary veins that arise from the placental and nonplacental sutures at 90 degrees angles. These veins divide and anastomose to form a fine reticulum. The wing venation consists of a poorly organized storied looping pattern in which veins arise from the placental suture, divide several times, and return toward the suture. The valve venation is often better preserved than is the wing venation.
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 Middle Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 48.60000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.6 - 33.9USA (Tennessee) Caesalpinia claibornensis (type locality: 31662)