Platanus emryorum

Name

Platanus emryorum

Rank

Species

Original spelling

emryi

Generic Name

[Genus] Platanus

Authors (Pub.)

Huegele I. B. Spielbauer R. J. Manchester S. R.  

Publication

Morphology and systematic affinities of Platanus dissecta Lesquereux (Platanaceae) from the Miocene of Western North America [2020/1]

Journal

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volume

181

Issue

3

Page number

327

Year

2020

Fossil Status

infructescences

Location

Succor Creek, Idaho (UF locality 18849: lat. 4379.8030N, long. 11771.1730W), USA

Paleoregion

America (North)

Data for Holotypus

Repository

Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, USA

Repository Number

UF 18849–51708

Num

8 A

Pub.

Morphology and systematic affinities of Platanus dissecta Lesquereux (Platanaceae) from the Miocene of Western North America [2020/1]

Diagnosis

Dense, globose infructescences (capitula) borne in raceme-like arrangement (fig. 8A–8D, 8K, 8L). Capitula stalked to subsessile, ca. 10.8 mm in diameter. Lateral branches (connecting capitula to the main inflorescence axis) ca. 5.3 mm long. Segments of the main axis between lateral branches are ca. 22.9 mm long. Individual achenes ca. 5.0 mm long, with achene hairs rising from base and extending more than the full length of the achene. Five to seven achenes present within a single achene bundle.