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Eckhartianthus
Genus Eckhartianthus Friis, P.R. Crane, K.R. Pedersen Foss. Impr., 75(2): 207. 25 Nov 2019
- Name
- Eckhartianthus
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Friis E. M.
Crane P. R.
Pedersen K. R.
- Publication
- The Early Cretaceous mesofossil flora of Torres Vedras (NE of Forte da Forca), Portugal: a palaeofloristic analysis of an early angiosperm community [2019/11]
- Journal
- Fossil Imprint
- Volume
- 75
- Issue
- 2
- Page number
- 207
- Year
- 2019
- Parent Taxon
- [Class] Magnoliopsida
- Fossil Status
- flowers (bisexual)
- Type
- Eckhartianthus lusitanicus
- Diagnosis
- Flower bisexual, trimerous with three
long tepals in a single whorl, nine stamens and three
carpels. Anthers dithecate and tetrasporangiate, elongate,
filament broad. Pollen monocolpate, colpus long, extending
almost to the equator. Exine semitectate-reticulate, with a
heterobrochate reticulum, rounded muri and short, densely
spaced columellae. Colpus margin well-defined psilate.
Orbicules irregular, rounded. Ovary superior.
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