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Eydeia
Genus Eydeia Stockey, H. Nishida, B. Atk. Amer. J. Bot., 103(9): 2. 2 Sep 2016
- Name
- Eydeia
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Stockey R. A.
Nishida H.
Atkinson B. A.
- Publication
- Anatomically preserved fossil cornalean fruits from the Upper Cretaceous of Hokkaido: Eydeia hokkaidoensis gen. et sp. nov. [2016/9]
- Journal
- American Journal of Botany
- Volume
- 103
- Issue
- 9
- Page number
- 2
- Year
- 2016
- Parent Taxon
- [Order] Cornales
- Fossil Status
- fruits (endocarps)
- Type
- Eydeia hokkaidoensis
- Diagnosis
- Fruit drupaceous, four- to five-loculate. Locules subtriangular to ellipsoidal in cross section. Valves elongate, composed of isodiametric sclereids. Septum with elongate and isodiametric sclereids. Mesocarp fleshy, parenchymatous. Endocarp vasculature in two rows within septa; vascular bundles small, without surrounding fibers. Seeds, one per locule, anatropous, apically
attached, seed bundle prominent. Endosperm cellular, copious.
Embryos with two, spathulate cotyledons.
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