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Celastrus robertsii
Celastrus robertsii E.W. Berry Profess. Pap. U.S. Geol. Surv., 193(E): 87. Apr 1941
- Name
- Celastrus robertsii
- Rank
- Species
- Original spelling
- robertsi
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Celastrus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Berry E. W.
- Publication
- Additions to the Wilcox flora from Kentucky and Texas [1941/4]
- Journal
- Professional Papers / United States Geological Survey
- Volume
- 193
- Issue
- E
- Page number
- 87
- Year
- 1941
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Eocene
- Location
- Viola, Graves County, Kentucky, USA
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Not defined
- Repository
- National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA
- Repository Number
- USNM PAL 313960
- Diagnosis
- Leaves of medium size, ovate in outline, with a broadly rounded base and acute tip. Length, about 7 centimeters; maximum width, about 5 centimeters.
Midvein stout, prominent. Secondaries stout, opposite or subopposite, 6 or 7 pairs, diverging from the midvein at angles of about 45°, rather straight, subparallel, camptodrome. Tertiaries percurrent between the secondaries, camptodrome from the outside of the basal secondaries extending into the fairly prominent serrate teeth of the margin as short curved branches as shawn in the accompanying illustration.
