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Endressinia brasiliana
Endressinia brasiliana B.A.R. Mohr, Bern.-de-Oliv. Int. J. Pl. Sci., 165(6): 1124. Nov 2004
- Name
- Endressinia brasiliana
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Endressinia
- Authors (Pub.)
- Mohr B. A. R.
Bernardes-de-Oliveira M.
- Publication
- Endressinia brasiliana, a Magnolialean angiosperm from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation (Brazil) [2004/11]
- Journal
- International Journal of Plant Sciences
- Volume
- 165
- Issue
- 6
- Page number
- 1124
- Year
- 2004
- Fossil Status
- flowers
- Stratigraphy
- Lower Cretaceous
- Strat. comment
- Crato Formation
- Location
- Open-air pit south of Nova Olinda, Brazil
- Paleoregion
- America (South)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany
- Repository Number
- MB. PB. 2001/1455
- Diagnosis
- Small (less than
or ca. 10 mm in diameter), multiparted flowers, consisting of
tepals and spirally arranged inner organs, borne on a more
or less flattened receptacle. Toward the center, several spirally
arranged rows of flat, elongated staminodes with marginal
glands. In the center, ca. 20 narrowly apocarpous follicles
with small, distinct, glabrous stigmatic area.
