Jaguariba
| Jaguariba Temporal range: Early Cretaceous[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Order: | Nymphaeales |
| Family: | Nymphaeaceae |
| Genus: | Jaguariba Coiffard, B.A.R. Mohr & Bernardes-de-Oliveira[1] |
| Species: | †J. wiersemana
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| Binomial name | |
| †Jaguariba wiersemana Coiffard, B.A.R. Mohr & Bernardes-de-Oliveira[1]
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Jaguariba wiersemana was a species of herbaceous, rhizomatous, aquatic plant, which occurred in the early Cretaceous period of Northern Gondwana.[1]
Description[edit]
Vegetative characteristics[edit]
Jaguariba wiersemana was an aquatic herbaceous plant with up to 15 mm wide rhizomes and up to 1.5 mm wide adventitious roots. The petiolate, alternately arranged, simple leaves had elliptic-ovate, 16-53 mm long, and 19-69 mm wide leaf blades. The petioles were 42-118 mm long, and 2-6 mm wide. The leaf venation was actinodromous.[1]
Taxonomy[edit]
Publication[edit]
It was first described by Clément Coiffard, Barbara Adelheid Rosina Mohr, and Mary Elizabeth Cerruti Bernardes-de-Oliveira in 2013.[1]
Type specimen[edit]
The holotype is kept in the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. The type locality is Nova Olinda, Brazil.[1]
Position within Nymphaeales[edit]
It is placed within the family Nymphaeaceae.[2]
Etymology[edit]
The generic name Jaguariba is derived from Rio Jaguaribe in Ceará, Brazil. The specific epithet wiersemana honours John Harry Wiersema.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h Coiffard, C., Mohr, B. A., & Bernardes-de-Oliveira, M. E. (2013). "Jaguariba wiersemana gen. nov. et sp. nov., an Early Cretaceous member of crown group Nymphaeales (Nymphaeaceae) from northern Gondwana." Taxon, 62(1), 141-151.
- ^ Coiffard, C., Bernardes-de-Oliveira, M.E.C. (2020). Angiosperms in the Early Cretaceous of Northern Gondwana: A Track Record. In: Iannuzzi, R., Rößler, R., Kunzmann, L. (eds) Brazilian Paleofloras. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90913-4_31-1