Harmsia McIver et Basinger nom. illeg.

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN001958

Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:1958

Authors: E. E. McIver & J. F. Basinger

Rank: genus

Illegitimate name, non Harmsia K.Schum., Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. [Engler & Prantl] I. 240 (1897); et in Ann. Ist. Bot. Roma, vii. (1897) 35

Reference: McIver, E. E. & Basinger, J. F. (1993): Flora of the Ravenscrag Formation (Paleocene), southwestern Saskatchewan, Canada. – Palaeontographica Canadiana 10: 1–167.

Page of description: 54

Type

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Original diagnosis/description

Leaves orbiculate, peltate margin shallowly and evenly dentate, glandular; texture membranous or chartaceous. Venation actinodromous. Primary veins eight, moderate in size, radiating from centre of leaf. Secondary veins arising from primaries, looping and joining adjacent secondary or reaching margin through centre of teeth.

Etymology

In recognition of Dr. Vernon L. Harms. [curator of the W. P. Fraser Herbarium of the University of Saskatchewan]