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Xingxueanthus
Genus Xingxueanthus X. Wang, S.-Jun Wang Acta Geol. Sin. Engl. Ed., 84(1): 50. Feb 2010
- Name
- Xingxueanthus
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Wang X.
Wang S.-J.
- Publication
- Xingxueanthus: an enigmatic Jurassic seed plant and its implications for the origin of angiospermy [2010/2]
- Journal
- Acta Geologica Sinica
- Volume
- 84
- Issue
- 1
- Page number
- 50
- Year
- 2010
- Parent Taxon
- [Phylum] Gnetophyta
- Fossil Status
- reproductive organs
- Type
- Xingxueanthus sinensis
- Diagnosis
- Numerous female units spirally arranged along an axis forming an “inflorescence”. Each female unit in axil of a bract, composed of an ovule-container and a style-like projection at the top. Ovules arranged spirally along a vertical column within the ovule-container.
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