Arceuthobium mengeanum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Santalales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Santalales

Familia: Santalaceae
Genus: Arceuthobium
Species: †Arceuthobium mengeanum

Name

• †Arceuthobium mengeanum (Göppert in Göppert & Menge) Sadowski, Seyfullah, Wilson, Calvin, & Schmidt, Amer. J. Bot., 104(5): 710. 22 May 2017

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Ephedra mengeana Göppert in Göppert & Menge (1883): p.48, pl. XVI, figs. 248–250.
  • Patzea mengeana (Göppert in Göppert & Menge) Conwentz (1886): p. 138,pl. XIII, figs. 15–20

Type material

• Holotype: Lost
  • Repository: unknown (originally from the Amber Collection of Menge, West-Preußisches Provinzial-Museum Danzig)
    • Collector: unknown

Type locality

• Eocene, Lutetian-Priabonian; Prussian Formation?; Baltic Sea Coast

Etymology

• none given

Distribution

Eocene

• Lutetian-Priabonian
  • Prussian Formation?; Baltic Sea Coast

References

• Göppert J.H.R. (1883). "Von den Bernstein-Coniferen, insbesondere auch in ihren Beziehungen zu den Coniferen der Gegenwart". In Göppert J.H.R.; Menge F.A. (eds.). Die Flora des Bernsteins und ihre Beziehungen zur Flora der Tertiärformation und der Gegenwart. Vol. 1. Commission-Verla von Wilhelm Engelmann, Danzing. pp. 1–63.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Conwentz H.W. (1886). "Die Angiospermen des Bernsteins". In Göppert J.H.R.; Menge F.A. (eds.). Die Flora des Bernsteins und ihre Beziehungen zur Flora der Tertiärformation und der Gegenwart. Vol. 2. Commission-Verla von Wilhelm Engelmann, Danzing. pp. 1–140.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Sadowski E.-M.; Seyfullah L.J.; Wilson C.A.; Calvin C.L.; Schmidt A.R. 2017. Diverse early dwarf mistletoes (Arceuthobium), ecological keystones of the Eocene Baltic amber biota. American Journal of Botany 104(5): 694-718. doi:10.3732/ajb.1600390. PMID 28533204. 

Links

• IFPNI International Editorial Board 2014–2025. The International Fossil Plant Names Index. Arceuthobium mengeanum. Published online. Accessed: 2025 November 23.