Koelreuteria dilcheri
Appearance

Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Sapindales |
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| Classification System: APG IV
Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Sapindaceae
Subfamilia: Sapindoideae
Tribus: Koelreuterieae
Genus: Koelreuteria
Species: †K. dilcheri
Name
[edit]Koelreuteria dilcheri Qi Wang, Manchester, H.-J.Gregor, S. Shen, & Z. Y. Li, 2013
Synonyms
[edit]- Koelreuteria mixta (Lesq.) R.W.Br. in Brown (1946), pro parte, page 351, fig. 1 only
Type locality
[edit]- Early Eocene, Ypresian; Ione Formation, Chalk Bluffs Flora; Independence Hill, near Colfax, Placer County, California, USA
Type material
[edit]- Holotype:USNM P42363
- Repository: Paleobotany collections, Paleobiology Collections, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, National Mall, Washington DC, United States
- Collector: Cooper Curtice
- Repository: Paleobotany collections, Paleobiology Collections, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, National Mall, Washington DC, United States
- Paratypes:UWBM PB94575, PB1695 & PB1696 (part & counterpart)
- Repository: Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Etymology
[edit]- "The specific epithet is dedicated to Prof. David Dilcher (Indiana University), who has made important contributions to Cenozoic paleobotany."
Distribution
[edit]Eocene
- Ypresian
- Ione Formation, Chalk Bluffs Flora; Independence Hill, near Colfax, Placer County, California, United States
- Boot Hill site, Tom Thumb tuff, Klondike Mountain Formation, Washington; Eocene Okanagan Highlands
References
[edit]- Wang Q.; Manchester S.R.; Gregor H.-J.; Shen S.; Li Z. Y. 2013. Fruits of Koelreuteria (Sapindaceae) from the Cenozoic throughout the northern hemisphere: their ecological, evolutionary, and biogeographic implications. American Journal of Botany 100(2): 422–449. doi:10.3732/ajb.1200415. ISSN 1537-2197. PMID 23360930.