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Populus dentiacuminata
Populus dentiacuminata J.L. Ramírez, Cev.-Ferriz Int. J. Pl. Sci., 161(3): 527. May 2000
- Name
- Populus dentiacuminata
- 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
- 527
- 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
- IGMPB 1101 [fig. 4.25], IGMPB 1102 [fig. 4.24]
- Diagnosis
- Leaf with prominent acuminate apex; serrate margin, small salicoid teeth curved toward the center of the leaf; pinnate venation, evident slightly curved midvein, six pairs of brochidodromous secondary veins forming large and
narrow arcs, curvature very close to the margin and oblique to the midvein; IAMV 54 (38–61); fimbrial vein along the apex; tertiary veins in the intercostal areas ramify, have a random pattern, and percurrents are rare. They form several arcs of variable shape near the margin.
