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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]
Jaguariba Temporal range: Cretaceous[1] Early | |
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Jaguariba wiersemana | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Order: | Nymphaeales |
Family: | Nymphaeaceae |
Genus: | Jaguariba Coiffard, B.A.R. Mohr & Bernardes-de-Oliveira[1] |
Species: | †J. wiersemana |
Binomial name | |
†Jaguariba wiersemana Coiffard, B.A.R. Mohr & Bernardes-de-Oliveira[1] | |
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]
It was first described by Clément Coiffard, Barbara Adelheid Rosina Mohr, and Mary Elizabeth Cerruti Bernardes-de-Oliveira in 2013.[1]
The holotype is kept in the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. The type locality is Nova Olinda, Brazil.[1]
It is placed within the family Nymphaeaceae.[2]
The generic name Jaguariba is derived from Rio Jaguaribe in Ceará, Brazil. The specific epithet wiersemana honours John Harry Wiersema.[1]
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