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Setitheca
Genus Setitheca Poinar, K.L. Chambers J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas, 12(2): 646. 20 Nov 2018
- Name
- Setitheca
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Poinar G. O.
Chambers K. L.
- Publication
- Setitheca lativalva gen. et sp. nov., a fossil flower of Laurales from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber [2018/11]
- Journal
- Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 2
- Page number
- 646
- Year
- 2018
- Parent Taxon
- [Order] Laurales
- Fossil Status
- flowers
- Type
- Setitheca lativalva
- Diagnosis
- Flower staminate, receptacle obconic, perianth of ca. 12 spirally arranged tepals, tepals free, imbricate, spreading,
variable in size and shape, petals 0, stamens 10, attached to the irregular margin of a flat disc in
the center of the flower, filaments short, thickened at the base, anthers erect or sharply recurved abaxially, bilocular with protruding thecae, thecae bearing variously sized setae, dehiscing by 2 dorsally
hinged lateral valves, connective apiculate, base of filament with 2 thin, elongate, perhaps
glandular appendages, pollen spherical, inaperturate, pistil 0, pistillate flowers
unknown.
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