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Eocaesalpinia
Genus Eocaesalpinia Dilcher, T.A. Lott, M.A. Gibson, C. Dudley Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard., 128: 52. 14 Sep 2014
- Name
- Eocaesalpinia
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Dilcher D. L.
Lott T. A.
Gibson M. A.
Dudley C.
- Publication
- An extinct caesalpinoid flower from the Eocene of western Tennessee [2014/9]
- Journal
- Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden
- Volume
- 128
- Page number
- 52
- Year
- 2014
- Parent Taxon
- [Family] Fabaceae
- Fossil Status
- flowers (bisexual)
- Type
- Eocaesalpinia herendeenii
- Diagnosis
- Flower bisexual, superior, pedicellate, subtended by two valvate bracteoles. Sepals two; petals four, closed; stamens four, unequal; sepals, petals, and stamens all adnate to the receptacle. Anthers introrse, longitudinally dehiscent, each with four pollen sacs. Gynoecium adnate near the base and to one side of the receptacle. Ovary superior, stipitate and curved. Style coiled. Pollen tricolpate, prolate/oblate spheroidal, exine coarse, striato-reticulate, colpi meeting at the pole, colpus membrane broken to near the base.
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