Paleoallium Pigg, F.Bryan et DeVore
Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN001799
Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:1799
Authors: K. B. Pigg, F. A. Bryan & M. L. DeVore
Rank: genus
Reference: Pigg, K. B., Bryan, F. A. & DeVore, M. L. (2018): Paleoallium billgenseli gen. et sp. nov.: fossil monocot remains from the latest Early Eocene Republic Flora, northeastern Washington State, USA. 179(6): 477–486.
Page of description: 478
Type
Paleoallium billgenseli Pigg, F.Bryan et DeVore
Original diagnosis/description
Scapes bearing apically small sessile bulbils and pedicellate, campanulate flowers, both partially covered by broad spathes.
Etymology
The generic name, Paleoallium, refers to the remarkable similarity of the fossils to the modern onion/garlic genus Allium.
Plant fossil remain
macro- and meso-fossils-embryophytes except wood
Names associated with genus
Paleoallium billgenseli Pigg, F.Bryan et DeVore 2018
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