Acer washingtonense

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: †A. sect. Torada
Species: †Acer washingtonense

Name

Acer washingtonense J.A.Wolfe & Tanai J. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ., Ser. 4, Geol., 22(1): 69. Feb 1987

Type material

• Holotype: UWBM 56253 A&B
  • Repository: Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Seattle, King County, Washington, Unites States
    • Collector: unknown

• Paratype: UWBM 56255
  • Repository: Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Seattle, King County, Washington, Unites States
    • Collector: unknown

• Paratype: UWBM 71135 A&B
  • Repository: Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Seattle, King County, Washington, Unites States
    • Collector: unknown

• Paratype: USNM 396011
  • Repository: United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, National Mall, Washington DC, United States
    • Collector: unknown

• Paratype: UWBM 71135 A&B
  • Repository: Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Seattle, King County, Washington, Unites States
    • Collector: unknown

• Paratype: UWBM 54308
  • Repository: Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Seattle, King County, Washington, Unites States
    • Collector: unknown

Type locality

• Early Eocene, Ypresian; Eocene Okanogan Highlands; Tom Thumb tuff, Klondike Mountain Formation; Knob Hill (B2737), Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA

Etymology

• "Type locality is in Washington."

Distribution

Eocene

• Ypresian
• Eocene Okanagan Highlands
  • Tom Thumb tuff, Klondike Mountain Formation; Corner Lot (A0307), Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA
  • Tom Thumb tuff, Klondike Mountain Formation; Knob Hill (B2737), Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA
  • Tom Thumb tuff, Klondike Mountain Formation; Resnser Canyon (USGS 11018), Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA

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. 

Links

• IFPNI International Editorial Board 2014–56852-1. The International Fossil Plant Names Index. Acer washingtonense. Published online. Accessed: 56852-1 2024 January 4.