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Melia yakimaensis
Melia yakimaensis Pigg, DeVore, J.C. Benedict, Creekm. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard., 128: 327. 14 Sep 2014
- Name
- Melia yakimaensis
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Melia
- Authors (Pub.)
- Pigg K. B.
DeVore M. L.
Benedict J. C.
Creekmore R. M.
- Publication
- Fruits of Melia (Melioideae: Meliaceae) from the middle Miocene Yakima Canyon flora of central Washington State, USA [2014/9]
- Journal
- Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden
- Volume
- 128
- Page number
- 327
- Year
- 2014
- Fossil Status
- fruits (endocarps)
- Stratigraphy
- Miocene
- Strat. comment
- Columbia River Basalt Group
- Location
- “Hi Hole” County Line Holes, Yakima Canyon, Washington, USA
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Burke Memorial Washington State Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
- Repository Number
- Specimen 8, UWBM 56470-50
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Burke Memorial Washington State Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
- Repository Number
- Specimen 2, UWBM 56479-7 (Fig. 1E, F); Specimen 5, UWBM 56470-41 (Fig. 1I); Specimen 6, UWBM 56479-15 (Fig. 1A-C); Specimen 9, UWBM 56488 (Fig. 2B); Specimen 12, ASUYC (Arizona State University Yakima Canyon) 59 (Fig. 2C); Specimen 13, ASUYC 60 (Fig. 3A, D). Not figured:
Specimen 1, UWBM 56479-14; Specimen 3, UWBM 56470-39; Specimen 4, UWBM 56479-12; Specimen 7, UWBM 56479-6; Specimen 10, UWBM 56478-3; Specimen 11, UWBM 56470
- Diagnosis
- Endocarps turbinate (topshaped) to spherical, 2.8-3.7 x 3.2-3.6 mm, 5- to 9-loculate; with prominent vertical ridges marking central rib of locule from base to apex; endocarp tissue highly sclerotic, placentation axile with seeds attached subapically; seeds flattened, ovate, with elongated hilar region, one mature seed per locule; fruits septicidal, splitting into pyrenes.
