Aristolochia macginitieana

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Aristolochiaceae
Subfamilia: Aristolochioideae
Genus: Aristolochia
Species: Aristolochia macginitieana

Name

Aristolochia macginitieana J. Freitas & Doweld, Phytotaxa 500: 59. 2021.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Aristolochia triangularis Macginitie, Publ. Carnegie Inst. Washington 465: 137. 1937, nom. illeg. non Aristolochia triangularis Cham., Linnaea 7: 209. 1832 (extant species).

Notes

Aristolochia macginitieana J. Freitas & Doweld is a fossil, described based on leaf remains from the Rupelian (Lower Oligocene) sediments of Redding Creek, California, USA.

Holotype Nº 1029 in UCMP (Palaeobotany Collection), Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, USA.

The new name is dedicated to Macginitie, who made important contributions to palaeobotany in North America and described originally Aristolochia triangularis Macginitie.

References

• Freitas, J. & Doweld, A.B. 2021. Aristolochia macginitieana (Aristolochiaceae), a replacement name for Aristolochia triangularis MacGinitie non Aristolochia triangularis Chamisso. Phytotaxa 500(1): 59–60. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.500.1.11 Reference page. 
• MacGinitie, H.D. 1937. The flora of the Weaverville beds of Trinity County, California. Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 465: 83-151. Reference page.