Acer gigas
Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Sapindales |
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| Classification System: APG IV
Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Sapindaceae
Subfamilia: Hippocastanoideae
Tribus: Acereae
Genus: Acer
Section: Acer sect. Rubra
Species:
†Acer gigas
Name
[edit]- †Acer gigas Knowlt. p. 76, pl. 14, fig. 1 19 Feb 1902
Synonyms
[edit]- Heterotypic
- †Acer osmonti auct. non Knowlton. Oliver. 1934. 24.
- †Acer bendirei auct. non Lesquereux. Chaney & Axelrod. 1959 (part). 191. pl. 38, f. 12; pl. 39, f. 2, 3
- †Acer bendirei auct. non Lesquereux. Axelrod. 1964 . 126. 141 (part). pl. 15, f. 1,2.
- †Acer bendirei auct. non Lesquereux. A.K.Graham. 1965.66. pl. 6, f. 4.
- †Acer middlegatei auct. non Axelrod. Axelrod. 1956 (part, nontypic). 307. pl. 31, f. 9.
Nomenclatural notes
[edit]- †Acer gigas Knowlton, Zhu & Manchester (2020) resurrected from †Acer chaneyi and restricted to fruits Wolfe & Tanai included in A. chaneyi, with note that A. gigas has name priority if leaves and seeds are confirmed as the same biologic entity.
Type material
[edit]- Holotype: USNM 8502 (fruit)
- Repository: United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, National Mall, Washington DC, United States
- Collector: unknown
- Repository: United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, National Mall, Washington DC, United States
Type locality
[edit]- Late early to early middle Miocene; Mascall Formation; Grant County, Oregon, United States
Etymology
[edit]References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Knowlton, F.H. (1902). "Fossil flora of the John Day Basin, Oregon". Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey. C, Systematic Geology and Paleontology. Vol. 58 (204). pp. 1–153, pl. 1–17. doi:10.3133/b204.
Reference page. - 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.
- Zhu, H. & Manchester, S.R. 2020. Red and Silver Maples in the Neogene of Western North America: Fossil Leaves and Samaras of Acer Section Rubra. International Journal of Plant Sciences 181(5): 542–556. doi:10.1086/707106. Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Axelrod, D.I. 1956. Mio-Pliocene floras from west-central Nevada. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 33: 1–322, pl. 1-32.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.
- Graham, A.K. 1963. Systematic revision of the Sucker Creek and Trout Creek Miocene floras of southeastern Oregon. American Journal of Botany 50(9): 921–936. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1963.tb06572.x. http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/142184.Reference page.
Links
[edit]- IFPNI International Editorial Board 2014–56852-1. The International Fossil Plant Names Index. Acer gigas. Published online. Accessed: 56852-1 2025 December 3.