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Physalis hunickenii
Physalis hunickenii Deanna, Wilf, Gandolfo Amer. J. Bot., 107(11): 1751. 28 Nov 2020
- Name
- Physalis hunickenii
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Physalis
- Authors (Pub.)
- Deanna R.
Wilf P.
Gandolfo M. A.
- Publication
- New physaloid fruit‐fossil species from early Eocene South America [2020/11]
- Journal
- American Journal of Botany
- Volume
- 107
- Issue
- 11
- Page number
- 1751
- Year
- 2020
- Fossil Status
- fruits (with calyx)
- Stratigraphy
- Ypresian
- Strat. comment
- Huitrera Formation
- Location
- quarry LH29, Laguna del Hunco, Chubut Province, Argentina
- Paleoregion
- America (South)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Museo Paleontologico Egidio Feruglio, Trelew, Argentina
- Repository Number
- MPEF-Pb 6443 a, b
- Diagnosis
- Physalis hunickenii differs from co-occurring P. infinemundi in its fruiting calyx with slightly wider primary veins and longer and thinner lobes, and from all other Solanaceae in its venation pattern with high density, thin, transverse tertiary veins.
