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Ficus lucida

Ficus lucida M. Chandler Lower Tert. Fl. S. England, 2: 58. 28 Dec 1962
Name
Ficus lucida
Rank
Species
Original spelling
lucidus
Generic Name
[Genus] Ficus
Replaced Name
Ficus tethyca
Authors (Pub.)
Chandler M. E. J.  
Publication
The Lower Tertiary floras of Southern England [1962/12]
Authors (Book)
Chandler M. E. J.  
Book
The Lower Tertiary floras of Southern England
Volume
2
Page number
58
Year
1962
Fossil Status
fruits
Stratigraphy
Eocene
Location
Lake, near Hamworthy, U.K.
Paleoregion
Eurasia (Europe)
Data for Holotypus
Repository
Natural History Museum, London, U.K.
Repository Number
V.40437
Diagnosis
Carpels with an inconspicuous longitudinal angle down one side, funicle entering the locule near the apex close to a tiny recurved mucro. Surface shining, of equiaxial slightly convex cells o-oi to o-oi2 mm. in diameter. Carpel wall columnar in section, about 0*05 mm. thick, inner surface of finely sinuous cells about 0-05 mm. in diameter. Length of carpel, 1.3 to 1.85 mm.; breadth, 0.85 to 1.4 mm.

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