Platanus
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https://doi.org/ 10.37520/fi.2022.007 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE6965-FF86-ED2B-87EE-FD5AFAD3FA12 |
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Felipe |
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Platanus |
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Genus Platanus View in CoL L., 1753
Platanus leucophylla (UNGER) ERW.KNOBLOCH, 1971 Pl. 3, Figs 1, 2
M a t e r i a l. An almost complete leaf (MGPTPU141019) and a fragmentary one (MGPT-PU141020) have been sampled, both from GLA20.
D e s c r i p t i o n. Lamina palmately lobed, number of lobes 3, petiole straight, length incomplete, 7 mm; base shape almost truncate; lamina about 120 mm long (specimen on Pl. 3, Fig. 1), central lobe longer than the lateral ones, lobe apices acute to attenuate, tip rounded, margin irregularly and coarsely toothed, teeth apices obtuse or acute, sinus rounded, proximal side straight to slightly convex, distal side straight to somewhat concave; venation actinodromous, 3 major veins running into the lobe apices, lateral primaries originating suprabasal; secondaries craspedodromous, tertiaries percurrent.
R e m a r k s. This species was often reported from the Messinian of northern Italy ( Kovar-Eder et al. 2006, Teodoridis et al. 2015b, Martinetto et al. 2000).
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