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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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