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Amurcarya
Genus Amurcarya Kodrul, Krassilov Acta Palaeobot., 45(2): 140. 15 Dec 2005
- Name
- Amurcarya
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Kodrul T. M.
Krassilov V. A.
- Publication
- New juglandaceous fruit morphotype from the Palaeocene of Amur Province, Russian Far East [2005/12]
- Journal
- Acta Palaeobotanica
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 2
- Page number
- 140
- Year
- 2005
- Parent Taxon
- [Order] Juglandales
- Fossil Status
- fruits
- Type
- Amurcarya lobata
- Diagnosis
- Winged fruit with an ellipsoid nutlet. Tepals connate, marked by radial ridges. Wing involucral, transverse or obliquetransverse, orbicular, indistinctly trilobed, with broad shallow incisions. The larger lobe bract-like, with a midrib flanked by looping laterals. The smaller (bracteolate) lobes with digitate forking veins, criss-crossed over the lobe junction. Free-ending veinlets and glands frequent all over the wing.
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