Liquidambar changii

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Saxifragales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Saxifragales

Familia: Altingiaceae
Genus: Liquidambar
Species: †L. changii

Name edit

Liquidambar changii Pigg, Ickert-Bond, Wen 2004

Type locality edit

Middle Miocene, Museum Flow Package, Sentinel Bluffs Unit, Central Columbia Plateau N2 Grande Ronde Basalt, Columbia River Basalt Group; "Hi Hole", ~7.3 km north of the Interstate 82 Firing Center Exit, Yakima County, Washington, USA.

Type material edit

  • Holotype: Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA UWBM 45-I
  • Paratypes: Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA UWBM 97418, UWBM 97419, UWBM 97420, UWBM 55136, UWBM 55145, UWBM 55143, UWBM 97421, UWBM 55111, UWBM 97422, UWBM 94724, UWBM 55104, UWBM 55131 #9 bot, UWBM 97425, UWBM 55133, UWBM 55078, UWBM 55084, UWBM 55104, UWBM 55107, UWBM 55111, UWBM 55129, UWBM 55131, UWBM 55136, UWBM 97417–97441, UWBM 97417, UWBM 97426–97441
  • Paratypes: Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA ASU-YC-np8, ASU-YC-np26, ASU-YCT6–9, ASU-YC13.ASU-YCT 11, ASU-YC 97, ASU-2 top.

References edit

  • Pigg, Kathleen B., Ickert-Bond, Stefanie M., & Wen, Jun (2004); "Anatomically preserved Liquidambar (Altingiaceae) from the middle Miocene of Yakima Canyon, Washington state, USA, and its biogeographic implications" American Journal of Botany 91(3):499-509