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Cascadiacarpa spinosa
Cascadiacarpa spinosa Mindell, Stockey, G. Beard Amer. J. Bot., 94(3): 352. 8 Mar 2007
- Name
- Cascadiacarpa spinosa
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Cascadiacarpa
- Authors (Pub.)
- Mindell R. A.
Stockey R. A.
Beard G. D.
- Publication
- Cascadiacarpa spinosa gen. et sp. nov. (Fagaceae): castaneoid fruits from the Eocene of Vancouver Island, Canada. [2007/3]
- Journal
- American Journal of Botany
- Volume
- 94
- Issue
- 3
- Page number
- 352
- Year
- 2007
- Fossil Status
- fruits
- Stratigraphy
- Ypresian
- Location
- Appian Way locality (4985404200 N, 12581004000 W; UTM 10U CA 5531083N, 343646E), the east coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, northern periphery of the Tertiary Georgia Basin, Canada
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Department of Botany, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
- Repository Number
- P 13105 Dtop
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Department of Botany, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
- Repository Number
- AW 357 A, AW 507 Hbot, AW 532 L2bot, AW 646 Bbot, AW 647 Btop, AW 669 Gtop, AW 699 B Surface
- Diagnosis
- Pedicel spiny. Cupule spines scattered on surface, branching one to several times, circular in transverse section, vascularized, central vascular bundle ensheathed by sclerenchyma. Nut 5–8 mm long, 4–8 mm in diameter, circular in transverse section, ovoid to circular in longitudinal section. Exocarp present, underlain by sclerotic layer 2–7 cells wide, grading to parenchymatous zone up to 30 cells thick. Locule lining sclerenchymatous. Septum absent at maturity, single seed filling cavity.
