Licania dominicensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Chrysobalanaceae
Genus: Licania
Paleospecies: †Licania dominicensis

Name

†Licania dominicensis (Poinar & al.) K.L.Chambers & Poinar, 2010

• Type locality: "amber mine in the northern mountain ranges (Cordillera Septentrional), between Puerto Plata and Santiago," Dominican Republic,
• Holotype: OSC Sd-9-154A, Poinar amber collection

Synonyms

• †Lasiambix dominicensis Poinar & al., 2008 (J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas. 4:464)
  

References

• Chambers, Kenton L., and George O. Poinar Jr. (2010) "The Dominican amber fossil Lasiambix (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae?) is a Licania (Chrysobalanaceae)". J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas. 4(1):217-218.
• Poinar, George O., Jr., Kenton L. Chambers and Alex E. Brown. (2008) "Lasiambix dominicensis gen. and sp. nov., a eudicot flower in Dominican amber showing affinities with Fabaceae subfamily Caesalpinioideae". J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas. 2(1):463-471.