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Malvaceidites
Genus Malvaceidites A.M. Khan Austral. J. Bot., 24(6): 764. Dec 1976
- Name
- Malvaceidites
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Khan A. M.
- Publication
- Palynology of Tertiary sediments from Papua New Guinea I [1976/12]
- Journal
- Australian journal of botany
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 6
- Page number
- 764
- Year
- 1976
- Parent Taxon
- [Family] Malvaceae
- Fossil Status
- sporae dispersae (pollen)
- Type
- Malvaceidites spinosus
- Diagnosis
- Pollen grain spherical to subspherical, polyporate, pores circular, scattered all over the surface. Spinose, spines ranging from 4 to 16 pm long, blunt to long tapering, broader at the base, sparsely or densely present all over the surface. Exine thick, c. 2.5 um between the spines; sexine as thick as nexine, slightly depressed at the base of the spines, columellae distinct. Surface of exine between the spines smooth.
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