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Florigerminis
Genus Florigerminis D.-F. Cui, Y.-M. Hou, P.-F. Yin, X. Wang Spec. Publ. Geol. Soc. London, 521: 83. 6 Jan 2022
- Name
- Florigerminis
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Cui D.-F.
Hou Y.-M.
Yin P.-F.
Wang X.
- Publication
- A Jurassic flower bud from China [2022/1]
- Journal
- Special publication / The Geological Society, London
- Volume
- 521
- Page number
- 83
- Year
- 2022
- Parent Taxon
- [Phylum] Gnetophyta
- Fossil Status
- buds
- Type
- Florigerminis jurassica
- Diagnosis
- Woody branch with nodes, leaf scars, physically connected fruit and flower bud. Leaves abscised, helically arranged, with decurrent petioles. Flower–fruit pairs helically clustered on the distal portion of the branch. Flower bud terminated on the branch, paired, with a straight pedicel, oval-shaped, with several tepals suggested by their sculpture. Multiple tepals smooth-margined, tightly enwrapping the centre. Fruit borne on a slender curving pedicel, oval-shaped, with four persistent decussately arranged foliar parts and an apical invagination. Endocarp elongated oval, with a pointed tip.
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