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Nothodichocarpum
Genus Nothodichocarpum G. Han, X. Wang in G. Han, Z.-J. Liu, X. Wang Acta Geol. Sin. (Engl. ed.), 91(1): 2. Feb 2017
- Name
- Nothodichocarpum
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Name)
- Han G.
Wang X.
- Authors (Pub.)
- Han G.
Liu Z.-J.
Wang X.
- Publication
- A Dichocarpum-like angiosperm from the Early Cretaceous of China [2017/2]
- Journal
- Acta Geologica Sinica
- Volume
- 91
- Issue
- 1
- Page number
- 2
- Year
- 2017
- Parent Taxon
- [Class] Magnoliopsida
- Fossil Status
- leafy stems (with reproductive organs)
- Type
- Nothodichocarpum lingyuanense
- Diagnosis
- Distal portion of the plant including
branches, leaves, and flowers. Branch slender, straight or
slightly curving, with evident nodes. Branches axillary, subtended by leaves. Leaf elongated oboval, petiolate,
with pinnate reticulate venation and an attenuated tip.
Petiole slender and straight, smoothly transitional to rigid
midrib. Leaf margin with distantly spaced teeth. Both
female and male parts present, lacking perianth. Male
parts opposite or alternate with the carpels/follicles,
composed of a slender filament and a long anther.
Gynoecium composed of two divergent carpels. Each fruit
lacking an obvious style. Fruit follicular, divergent,
enclosing two rows of seeds inserted along the dorsal.
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