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Morphotype: MB329

Name (Author): Fagus langevinii Manchester & Dillhoff

Organ: Unwinged fruit      Rarity: Rare

Family: Fagaceae   Order: Fagales

Specimen #: UWBM 97590   Category: Holomorphotype

Diagnostic Features:
Nuts triangular in cross section, ovate, elliptical, to obovate in face view, with a narrow wing or flange developed along the three angles of the nut. Tepals arising from apex of nut and surrounding the three styles.

Higher Taxon: Dicot

Source of Name: Manchester & Dillhoff, 2004

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Collected By:  D. Langevin

Collection ID: UWBM

Morphotype Description:
Unwinged fruit

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