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Bauhinia larsenii
Bauhinia larsenii D.-X. Zhang, Y.-F. Chen in Y.-F. Chen, D.-X. Zhang Bot. J. Linn. Soc., 147(4): 439. 13 Apr 2005
- Name
- Bauhinia larsenii
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Bauhinia
- Authors (Name)
- Zhang D.-X.
Chen Y.-F.
- Authors (Pub.)
- Chen Y.-F.
Zhang D.-X.
- Publication
- Bauhinia larsenii, a fossil legume from Guangxi, China [2005/4]
- Journal
- Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
- Volume
- 147
- Issue
- 4
- Page number
- 439
- Year
- 2005
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Oligocene
- Strat. comment
- Ningming Formation
- Location
- north-west Ningming county, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, P.R. China (22°07′41.96″N, 107°02′30.65″E)
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (China)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Guangxi Museum of Natural History, Nanning, China
- Repository Number
- 45003, counterpart 45004 [leaf & fruit attached]
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Guangxi Museum of Natural History, Nanning, China
- Repository Number
- 45004, 45012, 45019
- Diagnosis
- LEAVES rounded or slightly ovate; 3–4.5 by 3–4 cm, 5–7-nerved; bifid to c. 1/2–3/5 of lamina length, midrib ended in a mucro; lobes rounded to obtuse; base rounded or shallowly cordate; lower surface sparsely pubescent. PETIOLE c. 2–3 cm long. Primary veins 5–7; lateral veins frequently branched; secondary veins diverging at c. 45∞ on the proximal side, fused with other secondary veins or the branches of primary veins to form loops near the leaf margin, or arcs between the primary veins; higher order veins not visible. Leaf margin consists of arcs and areoles, without a marginal vein. POD elliptic, c. 3.5 by 1.1 cm; stipe c. 0.3 cm long; apex acute. FRUIT pedicel c. 1 cm long. Seeds 2–4.
