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Lythrum elkense
Lythrum elkense Grímsson, Zetter, C.-C. Hofm. Amer. J. Bot., 98(11): 1803. 24 Oct 2011
- Name
- Lythrum elkense
- Rank
- Species
- Original spelling
- elkensis
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Lythrum
- Authors (Pub.)
- Grímsson F.
Zetter R.
Hofmann C.-C.
- Publication
- Lythrum and Peplis from the Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic of North America and Eurasia: new evidence suggesting early diversification within the Lythraceae [2011/10]
- Journal
- American Journal of Botany
- Volume
- 98
- Issue
- 11
- Page number
- 1803
- Year
- 2011
- Fossil Status
- sporae dispersae (pollen)
- Stratigraphy
- Campanian
- Location
- Park County, Wyoming, northwestern USA
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Institut für Paläontologie, Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria
- Repository Number
- IPUW 2010-0012-0001
- Diagnosis
- Pollen tricolporate with three alternating pseudocolpi (heteroaperturate), colpi longer than pseudocolpi, endopori circular as wide as colpi, pseudocolpi wide in SEM, sculpturing striate, striae parallel and running along the polar axis, sometimes irregularly arranged around pori, colpus membrane microrugulate to microverrucate, pseudocolpi rugulate to microechinate, sculptural elements densely packed in both colpi and pseudocolpi.
