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Pseudosalix handleyi
Pseudosalix handleyi L. Boucher, Manchester, Judd Amer. J. Bot., 90(9): 1390. 15 Sep 2003
- Name
- Pseudosalix handleyi
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Pseudosalix
- Authors (Pub.)
- Boucher L. D.
Manchester S. R.
Judd W. S.
- Publication
- An extinct genus of Salicaceae based on twigs with attached flowers, fruits, and foliage from the Eocene Green River Formation of Utah and Colorado, USA [2003/9]
- Journal
- American Journal of Botany
- Volume
- 90
- Issue
- 9
- Page number
- 1390
- Year
- 2003
- Fossil Status
- leafy stems (with reproductive organs)
- Stratigraphy
- Eocene
- Strat. comment
- Green River Formation
- Location
- vicinity of Bonanza, Utah, USA
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, USA
- Repository Number
- UMNH PB-1
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, USA
- Repository Number
- UCMP 390080, 390082
- Diagnosis
- Plant with unisexual tetrasepalous
flowers borne in a compound cymose inflorescence. Stigmas
three or possibly four, prominently expanded. Fruit a capsule
of 3–4 valves. Leaves slender, serrate with glandular teeth and
pinnate venation with frequent intersecondary veins.
