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Gordonia lamkinensis
Gordonia lamkinensis Grote, Dilcher Amer. J. Bot., 79(7): 746. 15 Jul 1992
- Name
- Gordonia lamkinensis
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Gordonia
- Authors (Pub.)
- Grote P. J.
Dilcher D. L.
- Publication
- Fruits and seeds of tribe Gordonieae (Theaceae) from the Eocene of North America [1992/7]
- Journal
- American Journal of Botany
- Volume
- 79
- Issue
- 7
- Page number
- 746
- Year
- 1992
- Fossil Status
- seeds
- Stratigraphy
- Eocene
- Strat. comment
- Claiborne Formation
- Location
- Lamkin clay pit, Hickory Quadrangle, Graves County, Kentucky, USA
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, USA
- Repository Number
- IU 15815-8055
- Diagnosis
- Differs from other species of Gordonia by the following combination of characters: capsule elliptic, valves with oblique triangular style remnant at apex, and central columella elongate, widened near its apex, and obtuse or nearly flat on apical surface.
