Sassafras hesperia

Sassafras hesperia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Laurales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Magnoliids Ordo: Laurales

Familia: Lauraceae
Tribus: Cinnamomeae
Genus: Sassafras
Species: †S. hesperia

Name

Sassafras hesperia (Berry), Wolfe & Wehr 1987

Synonyms

• Sassafras selwyni (Dawson) Berry 1926

Type material

• Hypotypes: Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA UCMP 9265-9269
• Hypotype: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA USNM32680
• Hypotypes: Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA UWBM 31241, 39709, 39710, 39715, 39717, 39720

References

• Berry, E.W. 1926. "Tertiary Floras from British Columbia". Canada Department Mines, Geological Survey, Bulletin 42:91-116
• Wolfe, Jack A. & Wehr, Wesley C. 1987. "Middle Eocene Dicotyledonous Plants from Republic, Northeastern Washington". United States Geological Survey Bulletin 1597:13