Ilex antiquorum Doweld 2022
- Dataset
- New names of Ilex and Ilexpollenites (Aquifoliaceae), extant and fossil: Addendum Notulae Systematicae ad Palaeofloram Europaeam spectantes II. Aquifoliaceae
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Doweld, Alexander B. (2022): New names of Ilex and Ilexpollenites (Aquifoliaceae), extant and fossil: Addendum Notulae Systematicae ad Palaeofloram Europaeam spectantes II. Aquifoliaceae. Phytotaxa 531 (2): 143-146, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.531.2.7
Classification
- kingdom
- Plantae
- phylum
- Tracheophyta
- class
- Magnoliopsida
- order
- Aquifoliales
- family
- Aquifoliaceae
- genus
- Ilex
- species
- Ilex antiquorum
discussion
Notes: — The fossil-species Ilex antiqua Knobloch & Mai (1986: 112) was based on the most anicent findings of Ilex - like fruits (endocarps) from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. However, it is a later homonym of the fossil-species Ilex antiqua Heer (1882: 97), based on the fossil leaves of the Upper Cretaceous of Atanikerdluk [= Atanekerdluk], Southern Nuussuaq peninsula of Greenland. Therefore, a new replacement name is needed for the fossilspecies based on fruits.
distribution
Occurrence: — Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian); Europe.
etymology
Eponymy: — From antiquorum, most ancient.
materials_examined
Type: — [fossil fruits (endocarps)] GERMANY. Saxony-Anhalt, Eisleben (holotype, # 8494, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany).
Name
- Synonyms
- Ilex antiqua Knobloch & Mai 1986
- Homonyms
- Ilex antiquorum Doweld 2022