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Salix alencasterae
Salix alencasterae J.L. Ramírez, Cev.-Ferriz ex Doweld Geophytology, 55(2): 122. 30 Nov 2025
- Name
- Salix alencasterae
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Salix
- Replaced Name
- Salix alencasterae
- Authors (Name)
- Ramírez J. L.
Cevallos-Ferriz S. R. S.
- Authors (Pub.)
- Doweld A. B.
- Publication
- New names in Salix, extant and fossil allied forms (Salicaceae) [2025/11]
- Journal
- Geophytology
- Volume
- 55
- Issue
- 2
- Page number
- 122
- Year
- 2025
- 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 1097
- Diagnosis
- Leaves very narrow elliptic, 42.0–99.0 mm long and 8.0–13.0 mm wide, with a length/width ratio of 7.6 : 1; petiolate, narrow rounded base, acute apex, entirely or scarcely toothed margin, salicoid teeth; venation pinnate, straight and stout midvein, 14 pairs of eucamptodromous secondary veins, with a
pronounced development near the margin; rectangular to very angular arcs near the margin; slightly curved intersecondary veins; tertiary percurrent veins in intercostal areas with tortuous trajectory; high-order veins form a random reticulate pattern.
