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Passifloroidesperma
Genus Passifloroidesperma C.M. Martínez Amer. J. Bot., 104(12): 4 [1860]. 6 Dec 2017
- Name
- Passifloroidesperma
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Martínez C. M.
- Publication
- Passifloraceae seeds from the late Eocene of Colombia [2017/12]
- Journal
- American Journal of Botany
- Volume
- 104
- Issue
- 12
- Page number
- 4 [1860]
- Year
- 2017
- Parent Taxon
- [Family] Passifloraceae
- Fossil Status
- seeds
- Type
- Passifloroidesperma sogamosense
- Diagnosis
- Seeds compressed; shape ovoid, obovoid or elliptic,
bilaterally symmetrical or slightly asymmetrical; apex with a
prominent to inconspicuous apical appendage, with or without lateral
protrusions; base acute, obtuse, truncated or rounded; length
less than 20 mm; length to width ratio around 1:1 to 2:1; seed surface
foveolate, coarsely foveolate, reticulate-foveolate or transversally
grooved; seed endosperm ruminate; seed coat with prismatic
palisade cells.
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