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Hemiptelea mikii
Hemiptelea mikii Minaki, Noshiro, Mits. Suzuki Bot. Mag. (Tokyo), 101(1064): 340. Dec 1988
- Name
- Hemiptelea mikii
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Hemiptelea
- Authors (Pub.)
- Minaki M.
Noshiro S.
Suzuki M.
- Publication
- Hemiptelea mikii sp. nov. (Ulmaceae), fossil fruits and woods from the Pleistocene of central Japan [1988/12]
- Journal
- Botanical Magazine
- Volume
- 101
- Issue
- 1064
- Page number
- 340
- Year
- 1988
- Fossil Status
- fruits
- Stratigraphy
- Pleistocene
- Strat. comment
- Ma2 or another marine bed of the Osaka Group
- Location
- Loc. 6, Gojyoyama, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Japanese Archipelago)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Osaka City University, Department of Biology, Osaka, Japan
- Repository Number
- MM4-21-1
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Osaka City University, Department of Biology, Osaka, Japan
- Repository Number
- Four specimens, MM604-5-1 to 4 (Loc. 1, Kita-egota) ; 2 specimens,
MM321-11-1, 2 (Loc. 2, Yokohama) ; 1 specimen, MM14-12-1 (Loc. 4, Sobo) ; 2 specimens,
MM12-11-1, 2 (Loc. 5, Inaba) ; 21 specimens, MM6-23-1, MM7-17-1 to 3, MM8-
2-1 to 16, MM9B-5-1 (Loc. 6, Gojoyama)
- Diagnosis
- Fruits asymmetrical, laterally flattened with remnant of coriaceous
wings on one side; remnants of perianth and filaments present at the base, and those of two stigmatic arms at the top; nutlets 3.5 (2.7-4.2) mm long and 2.8 (2.1-3.4) mm wide, with shoulder height 2.0 (1.5-2.8) mm and dent height 2.0 (1.6-3.2) mm.
