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Thymolepis
Genus Thymolepis K.L. Chambers, Poinar J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas, 14(1): 58. 15 Jul 2020
- Name
- Thymolepis
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Chambers K. L.
Poinar G. O.
- Publication
- Thymolepis toxandra gen. et sp. nov., a mid-Cretaceous fossil flower with horseshoe-shaped anthers [2020/7]
- Journal
- Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 1
- Page number
- 58
- Year
- 2020
- Parent Taxon
- [Class] Magnoliopsida
- Fossil Status
- flowers
- Type
- Thymolepis toxandra
- Diagnosis
- Flower bisexual, pedicellate, perigynous, perianth of 12 tepals arranged in 6 decussate pairs, the lowest two pairs small, elliptic-lanceolate, the next two pairs larger, obovate or oblong, the inner two pairs smaller, oblong or linear-lanceolate, upper epidermis of the larger tepals with glandular-secretory
papillae, stamens two, bilocular, locules hippocrepiform, hirsute, filament and connective hirsute or puberulent, dehiscence probably by one continuous marginal slit, apex of gynoecium V-shaped, with two papillate stigmatic lobes, the lobes perhaps formed by postgenital lateral fusion of two
styles, remainder of pistil(s) not visible, pollen unknown.
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