Ibericarpus E.M.Friis, P.R.Crane, K.R.Pedersen, M.M.Mendes et J.Kvaček

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN002790

Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:2790

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

Rank: genus

Reference: Friis, E. M., Crane, P. R., Pedersen, K. R., Mendes, M. M. & Kvaček, J. (2022): The Early Cretaceous mesofossil flora of Catefica, Portugal: angiosperms. – Fossil Imprint 78(2): 341–424.

Page of description: 370

Type

Original diagnosis/description

Pistillate structure with numerous, densely spaced carpels borne in a spiral arrangement along a slender axis, with no remains of perianth parts or stamens. Carpels obconical to pyriform, sessile, uniovulate. Style lacking, stigmatic region slightly bulging. Fruit indehiscent. Epidermal cells of fruit with isodiametric facets. Ovule/seed obovate with micropyle pointing towards the base of the carpel. Embryo tiny. Seed coat unspecialized.

Etymology

From the Iberian Peninsula where the fossil was collected.