Suessenia Jud, Gandolfo, A.Iglesias et Wilf

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN002645

Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:2645

Authors: N. A. Jud, M. A. Gandolfo, A. Iglesias & P. Wilf

Rank: genus

Reference: Jud, N. A., Gandolfo, M. A., Iglesias, A. & Wilf, P. (2017): Flowering after disaster: Early Danian buckthorn (Rhamnaceae) flowers and leaves from Patagonia. – PLoS ONE 12(5): e0176164 (24 pp.)., link

Page of description: 8

Type

Original diagnosis/description

Leaves simple, marginal petiolate; blade shape ovate to elliptic; base obtuse, rounded, symmetrical or slightly asymmetrical, apex acute or obtuse; margin unlobed, toothed; primary vein framework basal acrodromous, with three basal veins (rarely 5), agrophic veins absent or present; major secondary vein framework absent or semicraspedodromous distally; tertiary vein framework mixed percurrent; tooth spacing regular, teeth apically pointed, with indeterminate glandular tissue on the tooth apex.

Etymology

Named for K. Suessenguth in honor of his early work on the classification of Rhamnaceae.