Concavistylon wehrii Manchester, Pigg et DeVore in Manchester, Pigg, Kvaček, DeVore & Dillhoff

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN001805

Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:1805

Authors: S. R. Manchester, K. B. Pigg & M. L. DeVore

Rank: species

Genus: Concavistylon Manchester, Pigg et DeVore

Reference: Manchester, S. R., Pigg, K. B., Kvaček, Z., DeVore, M. L. & Dillhoff, R. M. (2018): Newly recognized diversity in Trochodendraceae from the Eocene of western North America. – International Journal of Plant Sciences 179(on–line)(8): 663–676.

Page of description: 664

Illustrations or figures: figs 1-5

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Types

Original diagnosis/description

Infructescence a raceme; axillary on vegetative stem; inflorescence axis 3 mm thick at base, narrowing to less than 1 mm distally. Fruits capsular, 5–7 mm wide, 5–6 mm high; pedicels short, 0.5 mm thick, 3–5 mm long, curved uniformly toward infructescence apex. Styles persistent, 4, 5, or 6 (variable); 1.9–2.9 mm long, arising subequatorially, curving toward the fruit apex; elliptical bulge (interpreted as nectary) beneath each style. Capsules smooth, with a basal thickening and whorl of perianth scars at junction with pedicel. Dehiscence apical, with separation initiating immediately above each style and joining apically to forma 4-, 5-, or 6-rayed starlike opening.
Twig bearing simple leaves in alternate phyllotaxy. Terminal bud 1 cm long, 5 mm wide, elongate, pointed apically; axillary bud 8 mm long, 1.8 mm wide; terminal bud scale scars 5–8, prominent, encircling stem. Petiole 8–12 mm long, nonpulvinate, short in relation to lamina length (9%–11%). Lamina obovate, 10.2–12.5 cm long × 3.1–3.5 cm wide; margin serrate with regularly spaced rounded, glandular, teeth. Venation pinnate with a straight midvein and 8–15 pairs of brochidodromous secondary veins. Intersecondary veins absent. Tertiary and higher-order veins forming an irregular mesh. Adaxial cuticle smooth, cells polygonal, anticlinal walls straight to slightly curved, almost equally sized, 30–45 μm in diameter. Abaxial cuticle showing unspecialized cells, straight-walled, stomatal complexes rounded-oval, 35–40 × 40–50 μm in diameter, stomatal ledges thick, bordering the broadly oval aperture and not reaching to the poles. Trichome bases lacking on both abaxial and adaxial cuticles.

Etymology

The species name recognizes Wesley (“Wes”) Wehr (1929–2004), whose enthusiasm and generosity inspired this work.

Stratigraphy

Paleogene, Eocene
Tom Thumb Ash Member of the Klondike Mountain Formation, latest early Eocene

Locality

United States
Boot Hill, Republic, Ferry County, Washington; UWBM locality B4131