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Dilcherocarpon
Genus Dilcherocarpon Manchester, E. O’Leary Bot. Rev. (Lancaster), 76(1): 63. Mar 2010
- Name
- Dilcherocarpon
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Manchester S. R.
O’Leary E. L.
- Publication
- Phylogenetic distribution and identification of fin-winged fruits [2010/3]
- Journal
- Botanical Review
- Volume
- 76
- Issue
- 1
- Page number
- 63
- Year
- 2010
- Parent Taxon
- [Family] Combretaceae
- Fossil Status
- fruits
- Type
- Dilcherocarpon combretoides
- Diagnosis
- Fruits bowtie shaped in face view, cordate basally and apically, 4.5–
5 mm wide and 4.0–5.0 mm long with four lateral wings. Fruit body fusiform to
elliptical in face view, with lateral wings arising in two perpendicular planes of
symmetry. Wing veins of a single order, subparallel, very densely spaced and
oriented perpendicular to the wing margins. Fimbrial vein absent; wings frequently
torn parallel to the venation giving frayed margin. Remnants of epigynous perianth
at the apex. The basal end of the fruit, below the position of wings, narrowed into a
pedicel-like structure 1.5 to 2.0 mm long, with no obvious scars.
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