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Nelumbo endoana
Nelumbo endoana Ôishi, Huzioka in Tanai J. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ., Ser. 4, Geol., 11(2): 323. 20 Mar 1961
- Name
- Nelumbo endoana
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Nelumbo
- Authors (Name)
- Ôishi S.
Huzioka K.
- Authors (Pub.)
- Tanai T.
- Publication
- Neogene floral change in Japan [1961/3]
- Journal
- Journal of the Faculty of Science of the Hokkaido University
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 2
- Page number
- 323
- Year
- 1961
- Parent Taxon
- [Genus] Nelumbo
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Miocene
- Location
- Sakipempetsu, Ashibetsu City, Hokkaido, Japan
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Japanese Archipelago)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- National Museum of Nature and Science, Palaeobotany Collection, Tokyo, Japan
- Repository Number
- UHR-15127
- Diagnosis
- Leaves orbicular in general outline, more than 30cm in diameter (estimated) , peltate ; primary nerves rather slender, straightly radiating from the center of the Ieaf, commonly 21 in number, dichotomously forking 3 or 4 times, the first dichotomy is about one-seeond distance to the margin; the angles of dichotomies are about 30 degrees; marginal dichotomy is tiny, ultimate forked primaries forming large networks ; areolation very fi"e but distinct ; marin entire, frequently undulate ; texture eoriaceous ; petiole stout, about 1 cm wide in compressed materials.
