Albertarum Bogner, G.L.Hoffman et Aulenback

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN001876

Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:1876

Authors: J. Bogner, G. L. Hoffman & K. R. Aulenback

Rank: genus

Reference: Bogner, J., Hoffman, G. L. & Aulenback, K. R. (2005): A fossilized aroid infructescence, Albertarum pueri gen.nov. et sp.nov., of Late Cretaceous (Late Campanian) age from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of southern Alberta, Canada. – Canadian Journal of Botany 83(6): 591–598.

Page of description: 592

Type

Original diagnosis/description

Albertarum pueri a genere extanti Symplocarpo, flore 6 tepalis instructo, gynoecii ovario 3-loculare, loculis uniovulatis, ovulo anatropo, semine ellipsoideo, testa crassa et costata, raphe distincta differt.

Etymology

The generic name refers to the Province of Alberta and the genus Arum L., from which the family Araceae takes its name.