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Akania gibsonorum
Akania gibsonorum Conran, U. Kaulf., Bannister, Mildenh., D.E. Lee Amer. J. Bot., 106(2): 3. 21 Feb 2018
- Name
- Akania gibsonorum
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Akania
- Authors (Pub.)
- Conran J. G.
Kaulfuss U.
Bannister J. M.
Mildenhall D. C.
Lee D. E.
- Publication
- An Akania (Akaniaceae) inflorescence with associated pollen from the early Miocene of New Zealand [2018/2]
- Journal
- American Journal of Botany
- Volume
- 106
- Issue
- 2
- Page number
- 3
- Year
- 2018
- Fossil Status
- inflorescences
- Stratigraphy
- Burdigalian
- Strat. comment
- 23
- Location
- Foulden Maar in a mining pit, part of the Foulden Hills Diatomite, Otago, New Zealand
- Paleoregion
- Australia (New Zealand)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Geology Museum, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
- Repository Number
- FH790a (OU33287a)
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Geology Museum, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
- Repository Number
- FH790b (OU33287b)
- Diagnosis
- Inflorescence paniculate; flowers ~5 mm wide with a
hypanthial floral tube bearing the sepals, petals, and stamens; pollen
grains are tricolpate with a thin exine relative to their size and
short colpi.
