Acer busamarum subsp. busamarum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sapindales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Sapindaceae
Subfamilia: Hippocastanoideae
Tribus: Acereae
Genus: Acer
Sectio: Acer sect. Macrophylla
Species:†A. busamarum
Subspecies: †Acer busamarum subsp. busamarum

Name

Acer busamarum subsp. busamarum J.A.Wolfe & Tanai J. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ., Ser. 4, Geol., 22(1): 150, 152. pl. 50, figs. 1-6; pl. 51, figs. 1-6; pl. 52, fig. 8; pl. 53, figs. 3,4,6; text-fig. 160. Feb 1987

Synonyms

• Pro Parte, non-typic
  • †Acer bendirei auct. non Lesquereux. R.W.Brown. 1937 (part). 179. pl. 58, f. 20, 22.
  • †Acer bendirei auct. non Lesquereux. H.V. Smith. 1938. 561. pl. 29, f. 4.
  • †Acer oregonianum auct. non Knowlton. MacGinitie. 1933 (part). 61, pl. 10, f. 1.
  • †Acer merriami auct. non Knowlton. Oliver. 1934 (part). 24.
  • †Acer merriami auct. non Knowlton. Chaney & Axelrod. 1959 (part). 195. pl. 41, f. 12.
  • †Acer merriami auct. non Knowlton. Axelrod. 1964 (part). 128, 141, 142. pl. 16. f. 1, 2.
  • †Acer merriami auct. non Knowlton Graham. 1965. 67. pl. 5, f. 1.
  • †Acer tyrelli auct. non Smiley. Axelrod. 1985 (part). 176. pl. 33, f. 3.

Type material

• Holotype: UCMP 82966 A&B (fruit) A. b. busamarum
  • Repository: Museum of Paleontology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, Alameda County, California, Unites States

• Paratypes: UCMG "unnumbered" (fruit)
  • Repository: Colorado University Museum of Natural History, Colorado University, Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado, United States

• Paratypes: UCMP 604 (leaf) 3195, 8483-8486, 8498-8508, 8743, 9151, 9152 (fruits)
  • Repository: Museum of Paleontology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, Alameda County, California, Unites States

• Paratypes: UMMP 69150 (leaf) 44837, 69151-69152 (fruits)
  • Repository: Museum of Paleontology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, Alameda County, California, Unites States

• Paratypes: USNM 315300 (leaf) 205241, 396160, 396162-39164, 396166 (fruits)
  • Repository: United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, National Mall, Washington DC, United States

Type locality

• Miocene, Serrevallian; Trout Creek Formation; Trout Creek (UMMP PI·32·33), Trout Creek Mountains, Harney County, Oregon, United States

Etymology

• "In reference to large size of samara."

Distribution

Miocene

• Aquitanian-Serravallian (Hemingfordian-Barstovian NALMA)
  • Beaverdam Formation; Trapper Creek flora (USGS 9176), Cassia County, Idaho, USA
  • Mascall Formation; Tipton (UCMP 3936, USGS 8169); Baker County, Oregon, United States
  • Mascall Formation; Stinking Water Creek II (UCMP P4120); Harney County, Oregon, United States
• Burdigalian (late Hemingfordian NALMA)
  • Payette Formation, Idaho City flora; Cartwright Ranch (UCMP 3743), Boise County, Idaho, United States
• Serravallian-Tortonian (Clarendonian NALMA)
  • Juntura Formation, Beulah flora; Beulah Reservoir (USGS 2987), Malhuer County, Oregon, United States
• Serravallian
  • Trout Creek Formation; Trout Creek (UMMP PI·32·33), Trout Creek Mountains, Harney County, Oregon, United States
• Tortonian
  • Poison Creek Formation, Weiser Flora; Hog Creek (USGS 8923, UCMP 635), Washington County, Idaho, United States

References

Primary references

• Wolfe, J.A. & Tanai, T. 1987. Systematics, Phylogeny, and Distribution of Acer (maples) in the Cenozoic of Western North America. Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University. Series 4, Geology and Mineralogy 22(1): 1–246.  PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

• Axelrod, D.I. 1964. The Miocene Trapper Creek flora of Southern Idaho. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 51: 1–180. ISSN 0068-645X.  Reference page. 
• Axelrod, D.I. 1985. Miocene floras from the Middlegate Basin, West-Central Nevada. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 129: 1–[280]. ISSN 0068-645X. Reference page. 
• Chaney, R. & Axelrod, D. 1959. Miocene Floras of the Columbia Plateau: Part II. Systematic Considerations. Carnegie Institution of Washington. pp. 1–226.  HathiTrustReference page. 
• Brown, R. W. 1937. Additions to some fossil floras of the Western United States. U.S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper (Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office) 186: 163–206. doi:10.3133/pp186J. ISSN 1044-9612.  PDF Reference page. 
• Graham, A.K. 1965. The Sucker Creek and Trout Creek Miocene Floras of Southeastern Oregon. Kent State University Bulletin 9(7-9): 1-147.  Reference page. 
• MacGinitie, H.D. 1933. The Trout Creek flora of southeastern Oregon. Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 416: 21–68, pl. 1-16. HathiTrustReference page. 
• Oliver, E.S. 1934. A Miocene flora from the Blue Mountains, Oregon. Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 455(1): 1–27, pl. 1-5. https://yadi.sk/i/SGIeWecB3JxHXM. Reference page. 
• Smith, H.V. 1938. Some new and interesting late Tertiary plants from Sucker Creek, Idaho-Oregon boundary. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 65(8): 557-564. doi:10.2307/2480794. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2480794.  Reference page. 
• Smith, J.D., Stewart & Carpenter, N.E. 2013. Fossil and recent mountain suckers, Pantosteus, and significance of introgression in catostomin fishes of Western United States. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 743: 1–59. ISSN 0076-8413. https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/122717.  Reference page. 

Links

• IFPNI International Editorial Board 2014–2026. The International Fossil Plant Names Index. Acer busamarum. Published online. Accessed: 2026 Jan 08.