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Saportanthus brachystemon
Saportanthus brachystemon Friis, P.R. Crane, K.R. Pedersen Int. J. Pl. Sci., 178(8): 655. 18 Aug 2017
- Name
- Saportanthus brachystemon
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Saportanthus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Friis E. M.
Crane P. R.
Pedersen K. R.
- Publication
- Saportanthus, an extinct genus of Laurales from the Early Cretaceous of Portugal [2017/8]
- Journal
- International Journal of Plant Sciences
- Volume
- 178
- Issue
- 8
- Page number
- 655
- Year
- 2017
- Fossil Status
- flowers
- Stratigraphy
- Aptian
- Strat. comment
- Albian: Figueira da Foz Formation
- Location
- Vale de Água, Portugal
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Europe)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Repository Number
- S174324
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Repository Number
- S101336, S101338–S101347, S105915, S174852
(sample Vale de Água 19), S101286–S101288, S101295, S101296,
S101324, S101326–S101331, S101334, S174327, S174787
(sample Vale de Água 141), S174323 (sample Vale de Água
215), S174493, S174842, (sample Vale de Água 300), S174436,
S174843 (sample Vale de Água 328), S174775, S174844 (sample
Vale de Água 329), S174173 (sample Vale de Água 363),
S125007, S125008, S153501, S174334, S174335, S174845
(sample Vale de Água 364), S135456, S175457 (sample Vale
de Água 383), S174788 (sample Vale de Água 384), S174163,
S174786, S174846, S174847 (sample Vale de Água 408)
- Diagnosis
- Tepals six to eight, broadly triangular. Stamens six to
10, up to 0.55mmlong, up to two times longer thanwide. Pollen
dicolpate and trichotomocolpate. Carpels two to three. Ovary
wall thick. Ventral-lateral bundles broadly horseshoe shaped
near top of ovary, thinner further down. Ovary wall glabrous.
Fruit with one to three seeds.
