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Raritaniflora sphaerica
Raritaniflora sphaerica Crepet, Nixon, Daghlian Int. J. Pl. Sci., 174(3): 576. Mar 2013
- Name
- Raritaniflora sphaerica
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Raritaniflora
- Authors (Pub.)
- Crepet W. L.
Nixon K. C.
Daghlian C. P.
- Publication
- Fossil Ericales from the Upper Cretaceous of New Jersey [2013/3]
- Journal
- International Journal of Plant Sciences
- Volume
- 174
- Issue
- 3
- Page number
- 576
- Year
- 2013
- Fossil Status
- flowers (bisexual)
- Stratigraphy
- Turonian
- Strat. comment
- South Amboy Fire Clay, Raritan Formation
- Location
- Old Crossman Clay Pit, Sayreville, New Jersey, USA
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- L. H. Bailey Hortorium Paleobotanical Collection, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA
- Repository Number
- CUPC 1509
- Diagnosis
- Sepals with marginal rows of abaxial sessile glands. Stamens shorter than height of stigma. Anthers retuse with proximal spurs and connectives that extend slightly beyond pollen sacs. Pollen grains monadinous or occasionally in loose tetrads, linked by interconnecting (‘‘viscin’’) threads. Stylar head spherical with lateral circular depressions between stigma lobes.
