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Catahoulea grahamii
Catahoulea grahamii DeVore, Pigg, Dilcher, Freile Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard., 128: 42. 14 Sep 2014
- Name
- Catahoulea grahamii
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Catahoulea
- Authors (Pub.)
- DeVore M. L.
Pigg K. B.
Dilcher D. L.
Freile D.
- Publication
- Catahoulea grahamii, a new genus and species of fagaceous involucres from the Oligocene Catahoula Formation, Central Texas, and the Middle Eocene Claiborne Formation of Kentucky and Tennessee, U.S.A. [2014/9]
- Journal
- Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden
- Volume
- 128
- Page number
- 42
- Year
- 2014
- Fossil Status
- fruits (involucres)
- Stratigraphy
- Chattian
- Strat. comment
- Catahoula Formation
- Location
- Catahoula locality, gravel pit of the Riverside Crushed Stone Company, 7 miles [11.3 km] north of Huntsville, Texas, USA
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, USA
- Repository Number
- UF 15841-028768
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, USA
- Repository Number
- UF 15841-29214 and 29214′ (Fig. 1B, C); UF 15841-29213 (Fig. 1H); UF 15841-7948 (Fig. 1I); UF 15841-11780 (Fig. 1D); UF 15841-29205 and 29205′ (Fig. 1G); UF 15841-31384 (Fig. 1F); UF 15841-11782 (Fig. 1E). Not figured: UF 15841-11781; UF 15841-11783; UF 15841-28767 and 28676′; UF 15841-29207; UF 15841-29209 and 29209′; UF 15841-29210; UF 15841-29211 and 29211′; UF 15841-29217; UF 25825-5347; UF 15826-29215; UF 15841-31385; UF 15841-x; UF 15841-29212; and UF 15841-28769 and 28769′
- Num
- 1 B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I
- Pub.
- Catahoulea grahamii, a new genus and species of fagaceous involucres from the Oligocene Catahoula Formation, Central Texas, and the Middle Eocene Claiborne Formation of Kentucky and Tennessee, U.S.A. [2014/9]
- Diagnosis
- Involucres (5.5–)6.5–8(–10) mm long, up to 13 mm wide, central nutlet ca.
3 × 2 mm, globose to ovoid, flanked by two nutlets ca. 1 mm wide. Spines helically arranged, branched. Peduncle up to 9.5 × 0.3 mm, covered with trichomes ca. 1 mm long, mixed with much shorter ones.
