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Actinodaphne nipponica
Actinodaphne nipponica Tanai J. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ., Ser. 4, Geol., 11(2): 333. 20 Mar 1961
- Name
- Actinodaphne nipponica
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Actinodaphne
- Authors (Pub.)
- Tanai T.
- Publication
- Neogene floral change in Japan [1961/3]
- Journal
- Journal of the Faculty of Science of the Hokkaido University
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 2
- Page number
- 333
- Year
- 1961
- Parent Taxon
- [Genus] Actinodaphne
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Miocene
- Location
- Tachimata-zawa, Ani-machi, Kita-Akita-gun, Akita Prefecture, Japan
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Japanese Archipelago)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- National Museum of Nature and Science, Palaeobotany Collection, Tokyo, Japan
- Repository Number
- UHR-15232
- Diagnosis
- eaves lanceolate in general outline, 8.5 to 14cm (estimated) long and 1,8 to 2.6cm wide; base somewhat inequilateral, g.radually narrowed, cuneate; apex lacking, but gradually narowed, probably acuminate; midrib stout and thick, nearly straight to slightly arched, prominent on the under surface of leaf; secondaries 18 to 20 pairs, subopposite to subalternate, diverging from the midrib at angles of 60 to 70 degrees at the basal narrow part, above at 40 to 55 degrees, curving up in the outer half of the leaf and forming loops with the tertiary branches within the margin ; tertiaries in the interseeondary spaces thin but distinct, irregularly percurrent; nervilles obscure, forming fine meshes; margin entire; petiole stout, and thick; texture thick, subcoriaceous.
