Mayoa E.M.Friis, K.R.Pedersen et P.R.Crane

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN002764

Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:2764

Authors: E. M. Friis, K. R. Pedersen & P. R. Crane

Rank: genus

Reference: Friis, E. M., Pedersen, K. R. & Crane, P. R. (2004): Araceae from the Early Cretaceous of Portugal: Evidence on the emergence of monocotyledons. – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 101(47): 16565–16570.

Page of description: 16568

Type

Original diagnosis/description

Pollen inaperturate. Surface of pollen wall is striate with densely spaced ribs (muri) separated by narrow grooves (striae). Ribs are arranged in a distinctive pattern in which two sets of ribs each radiate from a pair of divergence points. Main axes of the two sets of ribs are at an angle of 45–90° to each other. Pollen wall is thin and consists of an outer exine of solid ribs supported by a very thin granular infratectal layer and an inner thin granular endexine that forms a continuous layer under the ribs.

Etymology

In honor of Simon J. Mayo in recognition of his contributions to understanding the diversity of Araceae.