Lycopus europleistocenicus Doweld, 2018

Doweld, Alexander B., 2018, Palaeoflora Europaea: Notulae Systematicae ad Palaeofloram Europaeam spectantes I. New names of fossil magnoliophytes of the European Tertiary. I. Miscellaneous families, Phytotaxa 379 (1), pp. 78-94 : 82

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.379.1.8
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E86CB90C-4C39-FF9C-FF2E-FA30FD59F89B
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Lycopus europleistocenicus Doweld
status	sp. nov.

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Lycopus europleistocenicus Doweld , sp. nov.

≡ Lycopus intermedius Dorofeev (1963: 64 View in CoL , pl. 48, figs. 19–21), nom. inval. (ICN, Art. 40.1) & nom. illeg. non Lycopus intermedius Haussknecht (1897: 51) View in CoL .

Description:—Fruits (nutlets) 1.1–1.6x 0.9–1.1 mm, differed from L. europaeus L. (1753: 21) by a distinctive outgrowth of the spongy tissue at the apex of ventral side, not united with a margin and a peculiar glade at the base of back.

Type:—[fossil fruits] Samostrel’niki village, Hrodna region, Belarus (holotype, Dorofeev coll. s.n., Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St.- Petersburg, Russian Federation)—figured by Dorofeev 1963: pl. 48, fig. 21.

Occurrence:—Pleistocene (Riss-Würm); Europe.

Eponymy:—From Pleistocene, a geological epoch and Lycopus europaeus L.

IFPNI: FDF22113-87AD-9054-3224-3F561482A900.