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Eophysaloides
Genus Eophysaloides C.M. Martínez, Deanna in Deanna, C.M. Martínez, Manchester, Wilf, Ad. Campos, S. Knapp, Chiarini, Barboza, Bernardello, Sauquet, E. Dean, Orejuela, S.D. Smith New Phytol., 238(6): 2688. 7 Apr 2023
- Name
- Eophysaloides
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Name)
- Martínez C. M.
Deanna R.
- Authors (Pub.)
- Deanna R.
Martínez C. M.
Manchester S. R.
Wilf P.
Campos A.
Knapp S.
Chiarini F. E.
Barboza G. E.
Bernardello G.
Sauquet H.
Dean E. A.
Orejuela A.
Smith S. D.
- Publication
- Fossil berries reveal global radiation of the nightshade family by the early Cenozoic [2023/4]
- Journal
- New Phytologist
- Volume
- 238
- Issue
- 6
- Page number
- 2688
- Year
- 2023
- Parent Taxon
- [Family] Solanaceae
- Fossil Status
- fruits (with calyx)
- Type
- Eophysaloides inflata
- Diagnosis
- Small and inflated fruiting calyx surrounding a fleshy fruit (i.e. berry) that differs from extant and fossil Physalis in the smaller size, non-invaginated calyx base, and non-angled sides of the calyx. Also differs from Lycianthoides (see below) in its fivelobed inflated calyx with conspicuous primary veins and secondary veins that fork before reaching the lobe sinus.
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