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Baicarpus
Genus Baicarpus G. Han, X.-P. Fu, Z.-J. Liu, X. Wang Acta Geol. Sin. (Engl. ed.), 87(4): 917. Aug 2013
- Name
- Baicarpus
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Han G.
Fu X.-P.
Liu Z.-J.
Wang X.
- Publication
- A new angiosperm genus from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation, Western Liaoning, China [2013/8]
- Journal
- Acta Geologica Sinica
- Volume
- 87
- Issue
- 4
- Page number
- 917
- Year
- 2013
- Parent Taxon
- [Class] Magnoliopsida
- Fossil Status
- fructifications
- Type
- Baicarpus huangbanjigouensis
- Diagnosis
- Pedunculate fructification. Peduncle with longitudinal vascular bundles and spirally arranged scars of floral parts. Gynobase urn-formed, with projections along the rim and fruits surrounded by the gynobase. Projections straight or curving, with vascular bundles. Fruits deeply sunken in the gynobase, each with an elongated ovary and an apical persistent style. Style attached to the adaxial side of the ovary tip. Seed fused with the abaxial pericarp, separated from the adaxial pericarp, with a terminal beak and smooth seed coat.
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