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Paradinandra

Genus Paradinandra Schönenb., Friis Amer. J. Bot., 88(3): 478. 15 Mar 2001
Name
Paradinandra
Rank
Genus
Authors (Pub.)
Schönenberger J. Friis E. M.  
Publication
Fossil flowers of ericalean affinity from the Late Cretaceous of Southern Sweden [2001/3]
Journal
American Journal of Botany
Volume
88
Issue
3
Page number
478
Year
2001
Parent Taxon
[Order] Ericales
Fossil Status
flowers
Type
Paradinandra suecica
Diagnosis
Flower small, in axil of subtending bract, short pedunculate, bibracteolate, actinomorphic, hypogynous, pentamerous; calyx probably initiated in a spiral, all other floral parts whorled, whorls alternating; calyx of five distinct and imbricate sepals; corolla of five basally united (?) petals, imbricate; androecium of 15 stamens, diplostemon, inner whorl with stamen pairs, filaments basally united and fused to the corolla (?); anthers basifixed, x-shaped, dithecal, tetrasporangiate, probably opening by restricted apical slits; pollen small, tricolpate (?) with long colpi, exine finely foveolate; intrastaminal nectary disc; gynoecium trimerous, syncarpous, superior; with three almost completely free elongate styles; ovary unilocular, placentation parietal (ovary with incomplete septa); ovules numerous, campylotropous, surface reticulate.
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