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Erica palaeoarborea
Erica palaeoarborea Burgh Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 52(4): 312. Aug 1987
- Name
- Erica palaeoarborea
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Erica
- Authors (Pub.)
- van der Burgh J.
- Publication
- Miocene floras in the lower Rhenish Basin and their ecological interpretation [1987/8]
- Journal
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
- Volume
- 52
- Issue
- 4
- Page number
- 312
- Year
- 1987
- Fossil Status
- fruits
- Stratigraphy
- Miocene
- Location
- Quarry "Zukunft West" at Eschweiler, Germany
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Europe)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Utrecht University, Laboratory of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Repository Number
- Coll. no.14401-40a
- Diagnosis
- Three to four locular capsules, 0.8-1.0 mm long and wide, slightly elongate to
globular, open loculicide and often enclosed in the remains of the perianth. Perianth ca 1 mm in diameter, globular in outline, sympetalous with four more or less triangular petal apexes. Calyx consisting of four scale-like triangular sepals. The capsule bears a stout style, ca 1 mm long, with a circular stigma. The stalk of the fruits is long.
