Shirleya grahamae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Lythraceae
Genus: †Shirleya

Species: S. grahamae

Name

Shirleya grahamae Pigg & DeVore 2005

Type locality

Middle Miocene, Museum Flow Package, Sentinel Bluffs Unit, Central Columbia Plateau N2 Grande Ronde Basalt, Columbia River Basalt Group; "Hi Hole", ~7.3 km north of the Interstate 82 Firing Center Exit, Yakima County, Washington, USA.

Type material

• Holotype: Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA UWBM 55134
• Paratypes: Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA UWBM 55091; UWBM 55116; UWBM 55122; UWBM 97482; UWBM 55092, UWBM 55113, UWBM 55119, UWBM 55121, UWBM 55135, UWBM 56491, UWBM 56492, UWBM 97483, UWBM 97492.
• Paratypes: Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA ASUYC 51, ASUYCT3, ASUYCS37, ASU98.1, ASUYC.02.1–5

References

• Pigg, Kathleen B., DeVore, Melanie L. (2005); "Shirleya grahamae gen. et sp. nov. (Lythraceae), Lagerstroemia-like fruits from the middle Miocene Yakima Canyon flora, central Washington State, USA" American Journal of Botany 92(3):242-251