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Eleopoldia
Genus Eleopoldia H.E. Schorn, J.A. Wolfe in J.A. Wolfe, H.E. Schorn Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv., 1990, (1923): 24. 26 Feb 1991
- Name
- Eleopoldia
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Name)
- Schorn H. E.
Wolfe J. A.
- Authors (Pub.)
- Wolfe J. A.
Schorn H. E.
- Publication
- Taxonomic revision of the Spermatopsida of the Oligocene Creede Flora, Southern Colorado [1991/2]
- Journal
- Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey
- Annee/Jahrgang
- 1990
- Issue
- 1923
- Page number
- 24
- Year
- 1991
- Parent Taxon
- [Family] Rosaceae
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Type
- Eleopoldia lipmanii
- Diagnosis
- Leaves simple; apparently estipulate; not pubescent; pinnatifid, typically three (some two or four) lobes on either side of lamina, with basal part of
lobe decurrent on midrib and including a weakly decurrent vein that enters basal part of lobe; most basal lobes also decurrent to base of petiole; secondary laminar segments pinnatifid, as many as three lobes; some
tertiary laminar segments have a tooth on basal side; margin otherwise entire and not revolute; venation pinnate; fourth-order veins forming distinct, irregularly polygonal areoles; branching freely ending veinlets.
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