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Arceuthobium obovatum
Arceuthobium obovatum Sadowski, Seyf., C.A. Wilson, C.L. Calvin, A.R. Schmidt Amer. J. Bot., 104(5): 710. 22 May 2017
- Name
- Arceuthobium obovatum
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Arceuthobium
- Authors (Pub.)
- Sadowski E.-M.
Seyfullah L. J.
Wilson C. A.
Calvin C. L.
Schmidt A. R.
- Publication
- Diverse early dwarf mistletoes (Arceuthobium), ecological keystones of the Eocene Baltic amber biot [2017/5]
- Journal
- American Journal of Botany
- Volume
- 104
- Issue
- 5
- Page number
- 710
- Year
- 2017
- Fossil Status
- leafy stems (with reproductive organs)
- Stratigraphy
- Priabonian
- Location
- Baltic Sea coast [locality unknown].
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Europe)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Geowissenschaftliches Museum, Göttingen, Germany
- Repository Number
- GZG.BST.24359
- Diagnosis
- Internodes 0.7–2 mm long × 0.7 mm wide, angular in
cross section, branched. Squamate bracts entire to dentate, widely
obtrullate, nonfused base, decussate, 0.7 mm long × 1 mm wide;
expanded leaves oblanceolate, 1.8–2.2 mm long × 0.5–0.9 mm wide.
Fruits fi ve or six per node, widely obovate in shape, 0.6–1 mm long ×
0.5–0.9 mm wide, occasionally divided, distal part shallow furrowed,
proximal part fi nely ribbed.
