MB306a
Dipteronia brownii McClain & Manchester
Morphotype
Locality
McAbee
Order
Sapindales
Family
Sapindaceae
Name
Dipteronia
brownii
McClain & Manchester
Publication
McClain & Manchester, 2001
Diagnostic Features
Fruits that have a central seed surrounded by a membraneous, flat wing. The base of the wing is asymmetrical, the top is rounded. Veins radiate out from the central seed and terminate at the margin of the wing.
Old Names
Organ
Winged seed
Higher Taxonomy
Dicot
Rarity Scale
Uncommon
Specimen Number
Rick 8
Holomorphotype
No
Collection ID
Morphotype Comments
Winged seed
Specimen Comments
These are typically found as isolated fruits, although a single specimen has been found at McAbee that shows a pair of them attached to a pedicel. Similar fruits are found in many of the other Okanagan Highlands floras.
