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Lorchiella
Genus Lorchiella Krassilov Acta Palaeobot., 44(1): 43. 30 Jun 2004
- Name
- Lorchiella
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Krassilov V. A.
- Publication
- Cretaceous floral structures from Negev, Israel as evidence of angiosperm radiation in the Gondwana realm [2004/6]
- Journal
- Acta Palaeobotanica
- Volume
- 44
- Issue
- 1
- Page number
- 43
- Year
- 2004
- Parent Taxon
- [Class] Magnoliopsida
- Fossil Status
- flowers
- Type
- Lorchiella setosa
- Diagnosis
- Pistillate flower shortly pedicellate, actinomorphous, pentamerous, epigynous. Hypanthia about 7 mm long, elongate-elliptical, ovate in bud, distally lobed and bristled, lacerate at maturity. Petaloid (?) lobes obovate to lanceolate, interlocked by their marginal hairs in aestivation, narrowly spreading, with the hairs mostly deciduous later in development. Sepaloid (?) bristles five, regularly disposed, longer than the lobes, decurrent as longitudinal ridges down the tube.
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