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Stewartia okutsui

Stewartia okutsui Tanai J. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ., Ser. 4, Geol., 11(2): 374. 20 Mar 1961
Name
Stewartia okutsui
Rank
Species
Generic Name
[Genus] Stewartia
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
374
Year
1961
Parent Taxon
[Genus] Stewartia
Fossil Status
leaves
Stratigraphy
Miocene
Location
Chausu-yama, Shinonoi City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Paleoregion
Eurasia (Japanese Archipelago)
Data for Holotypus
Repository
National Museum of Nature and Science, Palaeobotany Collection, Tokyo, Japan
Repository Number
UHR-15255
Diagnosis
Leaves medium in size, elliptieal in general outline, 6.5 to 8.0 cm and 3.8 to 5 cm wide; apex missing, but probably acute at apex; base gradually narrowed, broadly cuneate; midrib stout, nearly straight, prominent on under site of blade; secondaries thin but distinct, about 6 alternate to subopposite pairs, diverging from the midrib at angles of 40 to 50 degrees, nearly straight, curving upwards near the margin, then conneeting of festoon within the margin; sometimes short and slender secondaries diverging from the midrib among intersecondary spaees ; tertiaries indistinct, forming large polygonal network; margin slightly crenate or coarsely serrate with small and blunt teeth ; texture subcoriaceous ; petiole missing.

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