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Appofructus

Genus Appofructus Friis, P.R. Crane, K.R. Pedersen Foss. Impr., 75(2): 193. 25 Nov 2019
Name
Appofructus
Rank
Genus
Authors (Pub.)
Friis E. M. Crane P. R. Pedersen K. R.  
Publication
The Early Cretaceous mesofossil flora of Torres Vedras (NE of Forte da Forca), Portugal: a palaeofloristic analysis of an early angiosperm community [2019/11]
Journal
Fossil Imprint
Volume
75
Issue
2
Page number
193
Year
2019
Parent Taxon
[Class] Magnoliopsida
Fossil Status
fruits
Type
Appofructus nudus
Diagnosis
Small, isolated unilocular and one-seeded fruits. Fruits rounded with an oblique stalk at the base of the ventral margin. Stigma sessile, rounded. Fruit wall thin with smooth outer surface lacking trichomes. Pollen grains monocolpate, oblate, circular to elliptical in equatorial outline, tectate, almost smooth with microechinate surface sculpturing.
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