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Eliasofructus
Genus Eliasofructus Herendeen, Dilcher Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 62(3-4): 352. 1 Mar 1990
- Name
- Eliasofructus
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Herendeen P. S.
Dilcher D. L.
- Publication
- Fossil mimosoid legumes from the Eocene and Oligocene of southeastern North America [1990/3]
- Journal
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
- Volume
- 62
- Issue
- 3-4
- Page number
- 352
- Year
- 1990
- Parent Taxon
- [Family] Fabaceae
- Fossil Status
- fruits
- Type
- Eliasofructus catahoulensis
- Diagnosis
- Fruits stipitate, indehiscent, relatively
thin, not woody; margins attenuate,
straight, without constrictions; sutures not
prominent; seed chambers transverse, rectangular,
straight to slightly curved toward the
pod base near the nonplacental suture; seeds,
5-8, transverse, oblong to ovate; funiculus
thick, short.
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