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Populus hernandezii
Populus hernandezii J.L. Ramírez, Cev.-Ferriz Int. J. Pl. Sci., 161(3): 531. May 2000
- Name
- Populus hernandezii
- 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
- 531
- 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 1108
- Diagnosis
- Lanceolate leaf, 29.0 mm in length by 6.0 mm in width, length/width ratio of 4.8 : 1; rounded base, petiolated; acute apex (22); toothed margin, with spaced and small salicoid teeth; pinnate venation, slightly curved evident midvein, 10 pairs of eucamptodromous secondary veins with tortuous
trajectory and pronounced development near the margin, the first two opposite, IAMV 60 (36–72); percurrent tertiary veins in intercostal areas with variable trajectories.
