Icacinanthium tainiaphorum Del Rio et De Franceschi in Del Rio, Haevermans & De Franceschi
Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN000551
Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:551
Authors: C. Del Rio (as Del Rio) & D. De Franceschi (as De Franceschi)
Rank: species
Reference: Del Rio, C., Haevermans, T. & De Franceschi, D. (2017): First record of an Icacinaceae Miers fossil flower from Le Quesnoy (Ypresian, France) amber. – Scientific Reports 7(11099): 1–7.
Page of description: 11099: p. 2
Illustrations or figures: figs 1, 2
Name is type for
Icacinanthium Del Rio et De Franceschi in Del Rio, Haevermans & De Franceschi 2017
Types
Holotype F.44051, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, France
Figures: fig. 1
Original diagnosis/description
Flower small, actinomorphic, hypogynous and pentamerous. Calyx cupular, Petals lanceolate curved backwards, with a straight apex, fused at base in a short cup, tomentose on adaxial surface with long, simple flattened hairs with granular ornamentation, glabrous on abaxial surface. Stamens alternate to petals, free. Pollen small, triaperturate and echinate.
Etymology
“tainiaphorum” refers to the flat “ribbon-like” (L = tainia, ribbon) hairs borne (L = phor, bearing) on the petals.
Stratigraphy
Locality
France
Le Quesnoy, Oise
Plant fossil remain
macro- and meso-fossils-embryophytes except wood
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