Dobineaites Wilf, Cyn.C.González, Gandolfo et Zamaloa

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN003273

Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:3273

Authors: P. Wilf, C. C. González, M. A. Gandolfo & M. C. Zamaloa

Rank: genus

Reference: Wilf, P., González, C. C., Gandolfo, M. A. & Zamaloa, M. C. (2024): Putative Celtis Leaves from Eocene Patagonia are Allied with Asian Anacardiaceae. – Ameghiniana 61(2): 73–92.

Page of description: 77

Type

Original diagnosis/description

Leaves opposite, simple, petiolate. Blade ovate, unlobed, usually symmetrical; primary venation pinnate, deflected. Secondary veins craspedodromous, dichotomizing laterally; secondaries increase in angle and decrease in spacing basally. Agrophic veins compound, the first set expressed only along the basal margin. Tertiary veins thick, moderately and irregularly spaced, weakly to strongly opposite percurrent, angle increasing basally. Margin serrate; teeth prominent, closely spaced, continuous nearly to the blade base. Teeth simple or compound, apex simple and apiculate, sinuses angular, principal vein medial and prominent with near-perpendicular branches to vein junctions near or at the sinuses.