Reynoutria leporimontana (Kirchheimer) Doweld, 2017

Doweld, Alexander B., 2017, New names in Fallopia, Persicarioipollis, Polygonum and Reynoutria (Polygonaceae), living and fossil, Phytotaxa 308 (1), pp. 66-79 : 73

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.308.1.5
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13686536
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2E349B25-FFBF-2272-FF61-FC6578E8CA04
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Reynoutria leporimontana (Kirchheimer) Doweld
status	comb. nov.

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16. Reynoutria leporimontana (Kirchheimer) Doweld , comb. nov.

Basionym:— Polygonum leporimontanum Kirchheimer (1942: 432) .

Type:— GERMANY. Saxony, Wiesa near Kamenz, Kirchheimer in 1942 s.n. (Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, n.v. [lost in World War II?], figured by Kirchheimer l.c.: fig. 9).

Stratigraphy:— Lower Miocene (Burdigalian).

Status:— Fruits.

IFPNI registration lsid:— 93AC283F-E927-4540-928A-BA3797237E92

Note:— The fossil Polygonum leporimontanum Kirchheimer (1942: 432) is the only European representative of Reynoutria , which was described on the basis of the fossil fruits widespread in the European Miocene sediments ( Mai 1964: 25; Palamarev 1994: 27). A new combination is here proposed.