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Populus zhenyuanensis
Populus zhenyuanensis X.-Q. Liang, Z.-K. Zhou in X.-Q. Liang, D.K. Ferguson, Su, Z.-K. Zhou J. Syst. Evol., 54(3): 266. 8 Mar 2016
- Name
- Populus zhenyuanensis
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Populus
- Authors (Name)
- Liang X.-Q.
Zhou Z.-K.
- Authors (Pub.)
- Liang X.-Q.
Ferguson D. K.
Su T.
Zhou Z.-K.
- Publication
- Fossil leaves of Populus from the Middle Miocene of Yunnan, SW China [2016/3]
- Journal
- Journal of systematics and evolution
- Volume
- 54
- Issue
- 3
- Page number
- 266
- Year
- 2016
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Miocene
- Strat. comment
- Dajie Formation
- Location
- Sanzhangtian village, Zhenyuan County, Yunnan Province, China
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (China)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository Number
- SZT-0300
- Diagnosis
- Leaves petiolate, lamina ovate, broadly ovateorbicular, 8.52.6 cm long and 5.90.6 cm wide. Petioles slender, 2.1 cm in length. Leaves petiolate and broadest below middle. Lamina base eglandular. Apex straight or shortly acuminate and base shallowly cordate to cuneate. Apex of the teeth with spherical gland. Venation semicraspedodromous and glabrous. Midvein sympodial. Lower epidermis with hairs. Paracytic stomata just in lower epidermis.
