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Melloniflora virginiensis
Melloniflora virginiensis Friis, P.R. Crane, K.R. Pedersen Int. J. Pl. Sci., 181(9): 000 [3] 899. 29 Sep 2020
- Name
- Melloniflora virginiensis
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Melloniflora
- Authors (Pub.)
- Friis E. M.
Crane P. R.
Pedersen K. R.
- Publication
- Melloniflora, a new extinct multiparted flower from the Early Cretaceous of Virginia [2020/9]
- Journal
- International Journal of Plant Sciences
- Volume
- 181
- Issue
- 9
- Page number
- 000 [3] 899
- Year
- 2020
- Fossil Status
- flowers
- Stratigraphy
- Albian
- Location
- Puddledock locality, former Tarmac Lone Star Industries (Vulcan Materials) sand and gravel pit, south of Richmond and east of the Appomattox River, Prince George County, Virginia, USA
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Field Museum, Chicago, USA
- Repository Number
- PP56563
- Diagnosis
- Flower structurally bisexual,with amultiparted
androecium and gynoecium. Floral receptacle wide and
flattened. Phyllotaxis of androecium and gynoecium spiral. Androecium
of about 50 stamens in several series. Stamens undifferentiated,
with short, broad bases. Anthers dithecate, tetrasporangiate,
not differentiated, grading smoothly into a prominent
apical connective extension and the stamen base below. Pollen
sacs embedded in the adaxial tissue of the stamen; dehiscence introrse
by longitudinal slits. Gynoecium superior, apocarpous, of
21 free carpels in several series. Carpels completely or partially
plicate. Ovules several, in two rows along each margin of the
ventral suture. Large secretory cells in all floral tissues.
