New names of fossil Atadinus, Endotropis and Frangula (Rhamnaceae)
Author
Doweld, Alexander B.
text
Phytotaxa
2017
2017-09-15
321
2
194
200
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.321.2.4
journal article
10.11646/phytotaxa.321.2.4
1179-3163
13697436
3.5.
Frangula precalifornica
(Axelrod) Doweld
,
comb. nov
.
Basionym:—
Rhamnus precalifornica
Axelrod (1939: 122)
.
Type (
lectotype
designated here):—
UCMP
1504 (University of
California
Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley,
USA
) – figured by
Axelrod (1939
: pl. 11, fig. 1).
Geography:—Tehachapi, Kern Co.,
California
,
USA
.
Stratigraphy:—Miocene.
Status:—Leaves.
IFPNI
registration record:—
D17E7200-E503-4786-84EE-8EBC0DB40689
.
Note:—The fossil-species is compared with extant
Frangula californica
(
Eschscholtz 1826: 285
)
Gray (1849: 178)
.
A
lectotype
of
Rhamnus precalifornica
, leaf imprint showing venation, is designated from the collected specimens of Miocene sediments (Tehachapi, Kern Co.,
California
,
USA
).