Chontrocarpus Leng, Schönenb. et E.M.Friis

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN002835

Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:2835

Authors: Q. Leng, J. Schönenberger & E. M. Friis

Rank: genus

Reference: Leng, Q., Schönenberger, J. & Friis, E. M. (2005): Late Cretaceous follicular fruits from southern Sweden with systematic affinities to early diverging eudicots. – Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 148(4): 377–407.

Page of description: 399

Type

Original diagnosis/description

Follicle astipitate, narrowly obovate to narrowly ellipsoidal and slightly flattened laterally with the base curved towards the ventral side and rounded apex. Ventral slit extending for the entire length of the follicle and over the topological apex of the follicle. Stigma distinct, double crested, protruding and elliptic at the distal end of the ventral slit. Follicle surface smooth with scattered trichomes and stomata. Follicle wall thick dorsally, thin laterally and ventrally.

Etymology

From Greek referring to the bulky fruit.