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Leefructus

Genus Leefructus G. Sun, Dilcher, H.-S. Wang, Z.-D. Chen Nature, 471: 626. 31 Mar 2011
Name
Leefructus
Rank
Genus
Authors (Pub.)
Sun G. Dilcher D. L. Wang H.-S. Chen Z.-D.  
Publication
A eudicot from the Early Cretaceous of China [2011/3]
Journal
Nature
Volume
471
Page number
626
Year
2011
Parent Taxon
[Class] Magnoliopsida
Fossil Status
leafy stems (with reproductive organs)
Type
Leefructus mirus
Diagnosis
The plant consists of a shoot bearing leaves at distinct nodes. The leaf is simple, petiolate, and deeply trilobate with each lobe further dissected. Leaves clustered at the nodes in threes or fours are attached in a tight spiral at each node. Primary venation is basal palinactinodromous. Secondary venation is pinnate, with secondary vein branches bracing the leaf sinuses and then producing conspicuous looping veins near the leaf margin. The long reproductive axis is axillary, terminating in a flattened receptacle bearing five long, narrow, pseudosyncarpous carpels.
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