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Populus silvae
Populus silvae J.L. Ramírez, Cev.-Ferriz Int. J. Pl. Sci., 161(3): 529. May 2000
- Name
- Populus silvae
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Populus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Ramírez J. L.
Cevallos-Ferriz S. R. S.
- Publication
- Leaves of Salicaceae (Salix and Populus) from Oligocene sediments near Tepexi de Rodríguez, Puebla, Mexico [2000/5]
- Journal
- International Journal of Plant Sciences
- Volume
- 161
- Issue
- 3
- Page number
- 529
- Year
- 2000
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Oligocene
- Strat. comment
- Pie de Vaca Formation
- Location
- Los Ahuehuetes locality, on the southern bank of the Axamilpa River, northwest of Tepexi de Rodríguez, Puebla, Mexico
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Geología, México, México
- Repository Number
- IGM-PB 1105 [Fig. 4.30], IGM-PB 1106 [Fig. 5.31], IGM-PB 1107 [Fig. 5.32]
- Diagnosis
- Lamina of wide elliptic shape, 54.0–98.0 mm in length, 31.0–74.0 mm in width, with a length/width ratio of 1.3–1.7 : 1; rounded base, petiole 6.0 mm long, toothed margin, small salicoid teeth oriented toward the apex of the
leaf; acrodromous venation, straight evident midvein, six pairs of brochidodromous secondary veins with curvature almost parallel to the midvein, IAMV of 53 (36–68); scarce tertiary percurrent veins in the intercostal areas.
