Berhamniphyllum junrongiae Z.K.Zhou, T.X.Wang et J.Huang in Zhou, Wang, Huang, Liu, Deng, Li, Deng & Su
Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN003286
Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:3286
Authors: Z. K. Zhou, T. X. Wang & J. Huang
Rank: species
Reference: Zhou, Z. K., Wang, T. X., Huang, J., Liu, J., Deng, W., Li, S. H., Deng, C. L. & Su, T. (2020): Fossil leaves of Berhamniphyllum (Rhamnaceae) from Markam, Tibet and their biogeographic implications. – Science China Earth Sciences 63: 224–234.
Page of description: 228
Illustrations or figures: fig. 3a–c, g
Types
Holotype MK3-1491, Palaeoecology Collections, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Yunnan, China
Figures: fig. 3a–b, g
Note: Paratype: MK3-2155 (fig. 3c).
Original diagnosis/description
Leaf form varied greatly. Leaf margin entire or sinuous. Secondaries eucamptodromous, spacing regular. Secondaries straight from the midvein to near margin then arching abruptly upward and entering into a margin vein (Figure 3b and g). Secondaries dense on the upper half portion of the blade. Tertiaries dense and parallel, percurrent, obtuse to the midvein.
Etymology
The specific epithet junrongiae is dedicated to a Chinese paleobotanist Prof. Junrong Tao for her significant contributions to the Cenozoic Paleobotany of China and pioneering work on Markam flora.
Stratigraphy
Paleogene, Eocene
Upper Eocene Lawula Formation
Locality
China
Kajun village, Markam, Tibet
Plant fossil remain
macro- and meso-fossils-embryophytes except wood
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