Liquidambar bella

Name

Liquidambar bella

Rank

Species

Generic Name

[Genus] Liquidambar

Authors (Name)

Maslova N. P. Kodrul T. M.  

Authors (Pub.)

Maslova N. P. Kodrul T. M. Herman A. B. Tu M. Liu X.-Y. Jin J.-H.  

Publication

A new species of Liquidambar (Altingiaceae) from the late Eocene of South China [2019/3]

Journal

Journal of Plant Research

Annee/Jahrgang

2019

Issue

10.1007/s10265-019-01091-0

Page number

[3]

Year

2019

Fossil Status

leaves

Stratigraphy

Priabonian

Strat. comment

Huangniuling Formation

Location

northwest of Maoming City, southwestern Guangdong Province, Maoming Basin, China

Paleoregion

Eurasia (China)

Data for Holotypus

Repository

Museum of Biology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Repository Number

MMJ2-2-161a-1, MMJ2-2-161b-1 [part and counterpart]

Num

Fig. 2d, g

Pub.

A new species of Liquidambar (Altingiaceae) from the late Eocene of South China [2019/3]

Diagnosis

Leaves simple, palmately three-lobed. Lamina symmetric or asymmetric with medial asymmetry and base asymmetry in insertion and/or width. Leaves serrate from the base. Teeth regularly spaced, small, concave/retroflexed, with more prominent basal side, sinus shape rounded, tooth apex glandular. Apices of lateral lobes directed upwards or horizontally; apex angle of lobes acute, apex shape straight or acuminate. Base angle of lamina obtuse or rarely acute, base shape rounded or truncate, rarely slightly cordate. Venation suprabasal or basal actinodromous, with three primary veins; lateral primary veins straight or curved, extending outward or upward, often diverging from midvein suboppositely at various angles. Secondaries up to 6–10 pairs, alternate to subopposite, often irregular, semicraspedodromous or festooned semicraspedodromous, arching upward near the margin; branches from loops terminating in teeth; intersecondaries weak. Tertiary veins alternate percurrent to mixed opposite–alternate percurrent. Fourth order veins alternate percurrent.