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Euanthus
Genus Euanthus Z.-J. Liu, X. Wang Historical Biol., 28(5): 709 [3]. 16 Mar 2015
- Name
- Euanthus
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Liu Z.-J.
Wang X.
- Publication
- A perfect flower from the Jurassic of China [2015/3]
- Journal
- Historical biology
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 5
- Page number
- 709 [3]
- Year
- 2015
- Parent Taxon
- [Phylum] Magnoliophyta
- Fossil Status
- flowers
- Type
- Euanthus panii
- Diagnosis
- Flower perigynous, with half-inferior ovary, of pentamerous symmetry, with connected calyx, corolla and gynoecium. Sepals short, stout, with a round distal concave portion and a stout base, attached by its whole base. Petals long, alternate to the sepals, with a round concave limb and a slender claw, and attached by the claw. Androecium with tetrasporangiate dithecate anthers and in situ pollen grains. Gynoecium including a long, slender hairy style and an unilocular ovary enclosing unitegmic ovules inserted on the ovarian wall.
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