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Fruits and seeds of the brandon lignite III. Turpinia (Staphyleaceae)

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Abstract

Turpinia uliginosa sp. nov. is described as seeds from the Early Oligocene Brandon Lignite. This occurrence represents a considerable departure from its modern range in the Old and New World tropics. A survey of the previously described fossil seeds and seeds of the modern species suggests thatTurpinia uliginosa is most closely related to the Neotropical members of the modern genus. A brief summary is offered of the characters of the modern seeds ofStaphylea andTurpinia.

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    Present address: Department of Biology, Yale University, 251A OML, 06520, New Haven, CT

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Research funded by grants from the Bache Fund of the National Academy of Sciences, the Milton Fund of Harvard University and Sigma Xi.

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Tiffney, B.H. Fruits and seeds of the brandon lignite III. Turpinia (Staphyleaceae). Brittonia 31, 39–51 (1979). https://doi.org/10.2307/2806671

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