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Callicrypta
Genus Callicrypta Krassilov, Golovn. Geodiversitas, 26(1): 10. 26 Mar 2004
- Name
- Callicrypta
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Krassilov V. A.
Golovneva L. B.
- Publication
- A minute mid-Cretaceous flower from Siberia and implications for the problem of basal angiosperms [2004/3]
- Journal
- Geodiversitas
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 1
- Page number
- 10
- Year
- 2004
- Parent Taxon
- [Class] Magnoliopsida
- Fossil Status
- flowers
- Type
- Callicrypta chlamydea
- Diagnosis
- Pistillate flower minute actinomorphic
or slightly zygomorphic, hypogynous, with a calyx of six
sepals, a biseriate corolla and an apocarpous gynoecium
of six carpels. A single or few staminodes might have
been present. The sepals are membranous, brittle, larger
than petals. The outer petals are relatively thick, valvate.
The inner petals are much smaller, with apical glands,
supposedly nectariferous. The carpels are ascidiform,
unilocular, with a short style, densely pubescent.
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