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Kempia
Genus Kempia Friis, P.R. Crane, K.R. Pedersen Foss. Impr., 75(2): 218. 25 Nov 2019
- Name
- Kempia
- 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
- 218
- Year
- 2019
- Parent Taxon
- [Class] Magnoliopsida
- Fossil Status
- flowers (stamens)
- Type
- Kempia longicolpites
- Diagnosis
- Anther dithecate, tetrasporangiate,
narrowly elliptical. Pollen small, almost circular in
equatorial outline, monocolpate, Colpus extending beyond
the full length of the grains, but not dividing the grain into
two halves. Exine semitectate-reticulate and columellate.
Reticulum heterobrochate with irregular lumina and muri
with occasional open ends. Muri smooth with slightly
rounded profiles, supported by short, scattered columellae.
Colpus margin distinct with reticulum continuing to the
margin and the colpus margin delimited by the continuous
marginal muri of the reticulum.
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