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Ailanthus tardensis
Ailanthus tardensis Hably Acta Palaeobot., 2001, 41(2): 210. 20 Feb 2002
- Name
- Ailanthus tardensis
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Ailanthus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Hably L.
- Publication
- Fruits and leaves of Ailanthus Desf. from the Tertiary of Hungary [2002/2]
- Journal
- Acta Palaeobotanica
- Annee/Jahrgang
- 2001
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 2
- Page number
- 210
- Year
- 2002
- Fossil Status
- fruits
- Stratigraphy
- Rupelian
- Strat. comment
- Tard Clay Formation
- Location
- Budapest, NagybátonyÚjlak-brickyard in Óbuda, Hungary
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Europe)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary
- Repository Number
- BP 55.2114.1
- Diagnosis
- Samaras elongated elliptic, 35–
41 mm long, 6–11 mm wide. Apex and base
acute. A single seed situated asymmetrically in
the medial part of the fruit about 5 mm nearer
to the base. Shape of the seed ranges from
roundish to narrow ovate, usually wide ovate.
Diameter of seeds variable, usually 7 × 5, 6 × 5
mm. Samara slightly emarginate on one side
near the seed. Venation consists of a strong
vein running along the margin from the base
up to the seed, and several thinner, more or
less parallel veins starting from the seed and
running towards the apex and base.
