Orontium wolfei
Orontium wolfei is an extinct golden-club species in the family Araceae described from a series of isolated fossil leaves. The species is known from Eocene sediments exposed in the state of Washington in the United States of America and the province of British Columbia in Canada. It is one of several extinct species placed in the living golden-club genus Orontium.
| Orontium wolfei Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Fossil Orontium wolfei | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Genus: | Orontium |
| Species: | †O. wolfei |
| Binomial name | |
| †Orontium wolfei Bogner, Johnson, Kvaček & Upchurch | |
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