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Endressinia
Genus Endressinia B.A.R. Mohr, Bern.-de-Oliv. Int. J. Pl. Sci., 165(6): 1124. Nov 2004
- Name
- Endressinia
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Mohr B. A. R.
Bernardes-de-Oliveira M.
- Publication
- Endressinia brasiliana, a Magnolialean angiosperm from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation (Brazil) [2004/11]
- Journal
- International Journal of Plant Sciences
- Volume
- 165
- Issue
- 6
- Page number
- 1124
- Year
- 2004
- Parent Taxon
- [Order] Magnoliales
- Fossil Status
- leafy twigs (with leaves and flowers)
- Type
- Endressinia brasiliana
- Diagnosis
- Angiosperm, axis with leaves and multiparted
flowers. Leaves small, narrowly ovate, pinnate, second-order
venation brochidodromous, margin entire. Higher-order
veins very irregular. Flowers solitary, axillary, consisting of
tepals and spirally arranged inner organs, borne on a flattened
receptacle. Toward the center, several rows of staminodes
with marginal glands. In the center, several apocarpous follicles.
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