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Covidifructus
Genus Covidifructus Heřmanová, Čepičk., J. Kvaček, Balthazar, Schönenb. Palaeont. Electr., 25(1a5): 3. 14 Jan 2022
- Name
- Covidifructus
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Heřmanová Z.
Čepičková J.
Kvaček J.
von Balthazar M.
Schönenberger J.
- Publication
- A multicarpellate fruit from Late Cretaceous sediments of South Bohemia, Czech Republic [2022/1]
- Journal
- Palaeontologia Electronica
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 1a5
- Page number
- 3
- Year
- 2022
- Parent Taxon
- [Class] Magnoliopsida
- Fossil Status
- fruits
- Type
- Covidifructus multicarpellatus
- Diagnosis
- Gynoecium syncarpous, multicarpellate
(10 carpels in radial symmetry), ovary superior with 10 locules; empty space in the center
of the ovary above remaining floral apex, central
ovary closure irregular, placentation axile in the
apical part of the locule, each of the 10 locules with
a single, oblong ovule/seed filling out its locule
almost completely; lines of dehiscence located on
the median-dorsal side of each carpel (loculicidal
dehiscence of the fruit).
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