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Fagopsiphyllum

Genus Fagopsiphyllum Manchester Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard., 86(2): 522. 21 Jul 1999
Name
Fagopsiphyllum
Rank
Genus
Authors (Pub.)
Manchester S. R.  
Publication
Biogeographical relationships of North American Tertiary floras [1999/7]
Journal
Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden
Volume
86
Issue
2
Page number
522
Year
1999
Parent Taxon
[Order] Fagales
Fossil Status
leaves
Type
Fagopsiphyllum groenlandicum
Diagnosis
Leaves simple, elliptical to ovate, llw ratio 1.5-3.5. Base rounded to cuneate and slightly decurrent along petiole, margin serrate except at base, teeth simple, broadly triangular, sharp to rounded, evenly spaced, with nonglandular, nonspinose apices. Venation craspedodromous, very regularly pinnate, with strikingly parallel, nearly straight, evenly spaced secondaries, each terminating in a marginal tooth. Tertiary veins percurrent, perpendicular to the secondary veins.

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