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Lambertiflora
Genus Lambertiflora Friis, P.R. Crane, K.R. Pedersen Foss. Impr., 76(2): 283. 30 Dec 2020
- Name
- Lambertiflora
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Friis E. M.
Crane P. R.
Pedersen K. R.
- Publication
- Multiparted, apocarpous flowers from the Early Cretaceous of eastern North America and Portugal [2020/12]
- Journal
- Fossil Imprint
- Volume
- 76
- Issue
- 2
- Page number
- 283
- Year
- 2020
- Parent Taxon
- [Class] Magnoliopsida
- Fossil Status
- flowers
- Type
- Lambertiflora elegans
- Diagnosis
- Flower structurally bisexual, with multiparted perianth, androecium and gynoecium. Floral receptacle conical, elongate. Perianth of about 30 tepals
spirally arranged in several series. Tepals all sepaloid and free from each other, narrowly elongate with rhomboidal bases. Androecium of several free stamens, apparently spirally arranged in at least two series. Gynoecium apocarpous, of many free carpels borne on the conical receptacle; ovary
superior. Large, secretory cells in all floral tissues.
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