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Pseudofagus
Taxonomy
Pseudofagus was named by Smiley and Huggins (1981). Its type is Pseudofagus idahoensis.
It was assigned to Fagaceae by Smiley and Huggins (1981).
It was assigned to Fagaceae by Smiley and Huggins (1981).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1981 | Pseudofagus Smiley and Huggins |
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G. †Pseudofagus Smiley and Huggins 1981
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| C. J. Smiley and L. M. Huggins 1981 | Leaves with axially attached single fruits. Leaves Fagus-like, shape broadly to narrowly elliptic, measuring 10-24 cm long and 5-10 cm wide; margins regularly dentate, primary teeth terminating secondary veins and usually simple; entire venation pattern beech-like, except for larger number of secondary veins which are usually 19-22 on each side of midrib. Fruit, a single, trigonous, distinctly keeled nut exposed above a diminutive basal cupule; cupule appearing as an expanded apex of fruit peduncle, apical rim irregularly toothed, teeth terminanting in free petiolate leaf-like appendages. |
Measurements
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Collections
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