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Dicarperonia
Genus Dicarperonia Krassilov in Krassilov, Lewy, Nevo, Silant. Late Cret. (Turon.) Fl. S. Negev, Israel 149. Apr 2005
- Name
- Dicarperonia
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Name)
- Krassilov V. A.
- Authors (Pub.)
- Krassilov V. A.
Lewy Z.
Nevo E.
Silantieva N.
- Publication
- Late Cretaceous (Turonian) Flora of Southern Negev, Israel [2005/4]
- Authors (Book)
- Krassilov V. A.
Lewy Z.
Nevo E.
Silantieva N.
- Book
- Late Cretaceous (Turonian) Flora of Southern Negev, Israel
- Page number
- 149
- Year
- 2005
- Parent Taxon
- [Order] Sapindales
- Fossil Status
- fruits
- Type
- Dicarperonia inaequiloba
- Diagnosis
- Paired samaras unequal, attached to a short persistent
pedicel. Larger samara with a flabellate wing, abaxially flared, lobed
or dentate, adaxially narrowly clasping the locule. Seed solitary anatropous,
hemispherical, somewhat oblique to the wing, attached to the
pedicel by a short curved stalk, with an elongate basal scar above it.
Smaller samara flap-like, sterile or with a rudimentary seed.
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