Bohlenia

Bohlenia
Temporal range: Early Eocene (Ypresian)
Bohlenia americana lectotypes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Subfamily: incertae sedis
Genus: Bohlenia
Wolfe & Wehr
Species
  • Bohlenia americana
  • Bohlenia insignis
Synonyms
B. americana synonymy
  • Comptonia insignis
    auct. non (Lesquereux) Cockerell of Berry, 1929
  • Dipteronia americana
    Brown, 1935 (part)
B. insignis synonymy
  • Myrica insignis
    Lesquereux, 1878
  • Myrica latiloba var. aculiloba Lesquereux, 1878
  • Rhus subrhomboidalis
    Lesquereux, 1883
  • Comptonia acutiloba
    (Lesquereux) Cockerell, 1906
  • Comptonia insignis
    (Lesquereux) Cockerell, 1906
  • Myrica uglowi
    Berry, 1926

Bohlenia is an extinct flowering plant genus in the soapberry family Sapindaceae which is solely known from Eocene sediments exposed in western North America. The genus contains two described species, the type species Bohlenia americana along with Bohlenia insignis. Early description of the genus included both leaves and fruits, however the fruits were removed and named Dipteronia brownii 15 years later. The genus had been considered a part of the tribe Paullinieae, but is currently placed incertae sedis within Sapindaceae.