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Passifloroidesperma sogamosense
Passifloroidesperma sogamosense C.M. Martínez Amer. J. Bot., 104(12): 4 [1860]. 6 Dec 2017
- Name
- Passifloroidesperma sogamosense
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Passifloroidesperma
- Authors (Pub.)
- Martínez C. M.
- Publication
- Passifloraceae seeds from the late Eocene of Colombia [2017/12]
- Journal
- American Journal of Botany
- Volume
- 104
- Issue
- 12
- Page number
- 4 [1860]
- Year
- 2017
- Fossil Status
- seeds
- Stratigraphy
- Priabonian
- Strat. comment
- Upper Esmeraldas Formation
- Location
- Topocoro Dam, Santander, Colombia [7 ° 6 ′ 25.20 ″ N, 73 ° 25 ′ 22.84 ″ W]
- Paleoregion
- America (South)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Mapuka, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia
- Repository Number
- STRI-Mapuka_43982
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Mapuka, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia
- Repository Number
- STRI-Mapuka_43987
- Diagnosis
- Seeds compressed; shape obovoid; bilaterally slightly asymmetrical; apex with prominent apical appendage; base truncate to rounded; length less than 10 mm; length to width ratio around 1.7:1; surface reticulate-foveolate; endosperm ruminate; seed coat with prismatic palisade cells.
