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Battenispermum
Genus Battenispermum M.M. Mendes, K.R. Pedersen, Friis Cretac. Res., 109(104376): 2. 10 Jan 2020
- Name
- Battenispermum
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Mendes M. M.
Pedersen K. R.
Friis E. M.
- Publication
- Battenispermum hirsutum gen. et sp. nov., a new Early Cretaceous seed
from Portugal with chlamydospermous organisation [2020/1]
- Journal
- Cretaceous Research
- Volume
- 109
- Issue
- 104376
- Page number
- 2
- Year
- 2020
- Parent Taxon
- [Phylum] Gnetophyta
- Fossil Status
- cones (ovuliferous)
- Type
- Battenispermum hirsutum
- Diagnosis
- Compound ovulate structures with three
seeds partially surrounded by an outer cup formed from four bracts,
fused for most of their length. Seeds small and orthotropous, each
with nucellus surrounded by a thin integument, a sclerenchymatic
seed envelope, and an additional envelope of four, partly fused
inner bracts with free, projecting apices. Abaxial surfaces of bracts
with dense indumentum of long, erect and stiff trichomes. Apex of
nucellus composed of thin-walled cells and with a deep depression (probable pollen chamber). Integument extended apically into a
long micropylar tube. Seed envelope broadly elliptical in lateral
view, three- or four-angled in transverse section. Inner seed envelope
with an inner layer of elongate fibres and an outer zone of
thin-walled, angular cells forming a faint chevron-like pattern in
longitudinal sections; outer surface almost smooth. A single elliptical
structure present on each face of the inner seed envelope.
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