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Teuschestanthes
Genus Teuschestanthes Crepet, Nixon, A. Weeks Amer. J. Bot., 105(8): 3 [1414]. 3 Aug 2018
- Name
- Teuschestanthes
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Crepet W. L.
Nixon K. C.
Weeks A. M.
- Publication
- Mid-Cretaceous angiosperm radiation and an asterid origin of bilaterality: diverse and extinct "Ericales" from New Jersey [2018/8]
- Journal
- American Journal of Botany
- Volume
- 105
- Issue
- 8
- Page number
- 3 [1414]
- Year
- 2018
- Parent Taxon
- [Order] Ericales
- Fossil Status
- flowers (bisexual)
- Type
- Teuschestanthes squamata
- Diagnosis
- Flowers, bisexual, variably bilaterally symmetrical, hypogynous, pedicellate; sepals 5, valvate, basally connate, with a dense adaxial indumentum of peltate multicellular trichomes; petals 5, free, alternating with sepals, with adaxial multicellular trichomes; stamens (7–) 8 (–10), unequal in length, tetrasporangiate, longitudinally dehiscent; staminodes (7–) 8 (–10), alternating with stamens, bilateral with short filaments, pillow-shaped, the surface with scattered open stomata; ovary superior, trilocular, style fluted and hollow, stigma threelobed, placentation axile, ovules numerous; loculicidal capsules.
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