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Salix mixteca
Salix mixteca J.L. Ramírez, Cev.-Ferriz Int. J. Pl. Sci., 161(3): 525. May 2000
- Name
- Salix mixteca
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Salix
- 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
- 525
- 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 1093
- Diagnosis
- Wide elliptic-shaped lamina, 31.0–33.0 mm in length by 21.0–26.0 mm in width and with a length/width ratio of 1.2–1.4 : 1; petiole 5.0 mm in length, rounded base; toothed margin, small salicoid teeth; pinnate venation, straight
and stout midvein, five to seven pairs of eucamptodromous secondary veins, with a pronounced development toward the margin, some markedly tortuous; IAMV 62 (42–76); tertiary veins in intercostal areas have a very irregular development, some straight, others sigmoid; large arcs of rectangular shape
develop near the margin; distinction between high-order veins variable, forming a random reticulate pattern.
