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Robinia nipponica
Robinia nipponica Tanai J. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ., Ser. 4, Geol., 11(2): 346. 20 Mar 1961
- Name
- Robinia nipponica
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Robinia
- Authors (Pub.)
- Tanai T.
- Publication
- Neogene floral change in Japan [1961/3]
- Journal
- Journal of the Faculty of Science of the Hokkaido University
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 2
- Page number
- 346
- Year
- 1961
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Miocene
- Location
- Yoshioka, Fukushima-cho, Matsumae-gun, Hokkaido, Japan
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Japanese Archipelago)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- National Museum of Nature and Science, Palaeobotany Collection, Tokyo, Japan
- Repository Number
- UHR-15241
- Diagnosis
- Leaflets small in size, oval and slightly inequilateral in general outline, 1.2 to 2.7 cm long and 0.9 to 1.8 cm long; apex obtusely pointed or emarginate; base rounded or broadly rounded; midrib stout, straight to the tip; secondaries slender and thin, 5 to 7 subopposite pairs, irregularly spaced, diverging from the midrib at angles of 40 to 50 degrees on the middle, more extending near the base, curving upward, camptodrome; tertiaries indistinct; margin entire; petiolules short, 1 to 2 mm in length ; texture thin, membranaceous. Pods linear-Ianceolate in shape, about 6 cm long (estimated) and 0,9 to 1,0 cm wide on the middle, flat and comparatively thin.
