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On Cathaya , living and fossil (Pinaceae)
Author(s) -
Doweld Alexander B.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.12705/671.14
Subject(s) - pinaceae , extant taxon , pollen , genus , botany , fossil wood , paleontology , biology , pinus <genus> , evolutionary biology
Abstract The confusing nomenclature of the distinctive conifer Cathaya is outlined and summarized. Cathaya was validated on fossil material by Karavaev in 1961 before its validation on the basis of extant plants in 1962 by Chun & Kuang. Fossil C. jacutica , based on cones from the Miocene sediments of Siberia, is transferred into Pseudotsuga. Fossil species of Cathaya , based on pollen, are transferred into Abietineaepollenites , which has priority as a fossil pollen genus over the later superfluous fossil generic names Cathayapollenites and Cathayapollis. Seven new combinations are made: Pseudotsuga jacutica, Abietineaepollenites crassus, A. echinatus, A. gaussenii, A. protocembra, A. sellowiiformis, A. semicircularis.