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Zlatkocarpus
Genus Zlatkocarpus J. Kvaček, Friis Grana, 49(2): 116. 15 May 2010
- Name
- Zlatkocarpus
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Kvaček J.
Friis E. M.
- Publication
- Zlatkocarpus gen. nov., a new angiosperm reproductive structure with monocolpate-reticulate pollen from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of the Czech Republic [2010/5]
- Journal
- Grana
- Volume
- 49
- Issue
- 2
- Page number
- 116
- Year
- 2010
- Parent Taxon
- [Phylum] Magnoliophyta
- Fossil Status
- fruits (with pollen)
- Type
- Zlatkocarpus brnikensis
- Diagnosis
- Flowers sessile, aggregated in spikes; each flower supported by a persistent bract arranged helically along an elongated axis. Flowers apparently unisexual. Pistillate flowers consisting of a single carpel surrounded by a floral cup. Stigmatic area sessile, indistinct. Fruit: a one-seeded berry. Fruit wall parenchymatous with resin bodies embedded in the tissue under the epidermis. Pollen adhering to the surface of fruits of Retimonocolpites-type, monocolpate, reticulate-columellate with smooth muri.
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