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Susiea
Genus Susiea Wi. Taylor, DeVore, Pigg Int. J. Pl. Sci., 167(6): 1272. Nov 2006
- Name
- Susiea
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Taylor W.
DeVore M. L.
Pigg K. B.
- Publication
- Susiea newsalemae gen. et sp. nov. (Nymphaeaceae): Euryale‐like seeds from the Late Paleocene Almont Flora, North Dakota, U.S.A. [2006/11]
- Journal
- International Journal of Plant Sciences
- Volume
- 167
- Issue
- 6
- Page number
- 1272
- Year
- 2006
- Parent Taxon
- [Family] Nymphaeaceae
- Fossil Status
- seeds
- Type
- Susiea newsalemae
- Diagnosis
- Seeds oval to barrel shaped, with prominent lateral raphe that protrudes outward from the seed and is subtended by a ‘‘pinch’’ of adjacent cells; operculum apical, surrounded by shallow furrow, covering micropyle but not hilum; micropyle and hilum separate; seed coat composed of uniseriate outermost layer of palisade cells with smooth margins lacking papillae, underlain by uniseriate layer of cuboidal cells, next region of parenchymatous cells making up bulk of seed coat; innermost uniseriate layer of cells with highly digitate cell margins; embryo cavity apical, small; perisperm abundant.
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