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Choffaticarpus
Genus Choffaticarpus Friis, P.R. Crane, K.R. Pedersen Foss. Impr., 75(2): 229. 25 Nov 2019
- Name
- Choffaticarpus
- 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
- 229
- Year
- 2019
- Parent Taxon
- [Class] Magnoliopsida
- Fossil Status
- fruits
- Type
- Choffaticarpus compactus
- Diagnosis
- Multicarpellate and apocarpous fruit
with densely packed fruitlets borne helically on a long
central receptacle. Each fruitlet strongly compressed
laterally with flattened sides and a diamond-shaped outer
face. Stigma sessile, indistinct. Each fruiting unit containing
a single seed. Pollen monocolpate, semitectate and coarsely
reticulate with broad scattered columellae.
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