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Remberella
Genus Remberella Manchester, Judd Acta Palaeobot., 64(2): 415. 31 Dec 2024
- Name
- Remberella
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Manchester S. R.
Judd W. S.
- Publication
- Remberella, a new genus of extinct ericalean flower from the Middle Miocene Latah flora of Washington and Idaho, USA [2024/12]
- Journal
- Acta Palaeobotanica
- Volume
- 64
- Issue
- 2
- Page number
- 415
- Year
- 2024
- Parent Taxon
- [Order] Ericales
- Fossil Status
- flowers
- Type
- Remberella microcalyx
- Diagnosis
- Flower actinomorphic with corolla of five basally connate petals shed from the gynoecium leaving a central hole in the corolla. Pedicel, calyx and gynoecium unknown. Corolla lobes obovate, 1.4–1.6 times longer than wide, rounded apically, with faint, longitudinal striation from the alignment of epidermal cells. Basal part of the corolla with ten sessile staminodal anthers in two whorls of five, surrounded by ten stamens. Stamens nearly sessile; anthers basifixed, elongate-triangular, basally rounded and apically pointed, about twice as long as wide. Pollen prolate, triaperturate with long colpi, finely rugulate ornamentation.
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