Liquidambar europaea A. BRAUN
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https://doi.org/ 10.14446/AMNP.2015.249 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/176887A2-3D1A-FFC3-FCC1-5096FA8CFA35 |
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Felipe |
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Liquidambar europaea A. BRAUN |
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Liquidambar europaea A. BRAUN / cf. L. magniloculata CZECZOTT et SKIRGIEŁŁO
Pl. 4, Fig. 8–9, 13; Pl. 5, Fig. 1
Incomplete leaf and fragment, palmately trilobed or pentalobed, 35 and 115 mm long, 30 and 60 mm wide, lobes oblong to ovate, base widely cuneate or cordate, apex not preserved, probably obtuse, margin regularly crenulated to serrate, teeth glandular and acute, venation basal actinodromous, 3 or 5 primary veins strong and moderate, at angles of 45–50°, secondaries thinner, straight or slightly curved, alternate, looping near margin, tertiary veins perpendicular, slightly sinuous, venation of the higher orders not preserved. Globular to oval infructescences ca. 8 to 15 mm in diameter, relatively deep faveolate locules are visible.
Palmate leaves with crenulate margin fit well into the species concept suggested by Knobloch (1969). The associated infructescences compare well to specimens assigned as L. magniloculata CZECZOTT et SKIRGIEŁŁO ( Fischer and Butzmann 2000) , but the preservation is poor, therefore an affinity to Platanus can not be ruled out.
M a t e r i a l. Leaf impressions (Monte Tondo MSF1753, MSF1754, MSF1755) and globular infructescences (Monte Tondo MSF1757, MSF1758; Tossignano MSF611).
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