Orontiophyllum J.Kvaček et S.Y.Sm.

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN000833

Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:833

Authors: J. Kvaček & S. Y. Smith

Rank: genus

Reference: Kvaček, J. & Smith, S. Y. (2015): Orontiophyllum, a new genus for foliage of fossil Orontioideae (Araceae) from the Cretaceous of central Europe. – Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 178(3): 489–500.

Page of description: 491

Type

Original diagnosis/description

Leaf lamina simple, entire-margined, midrib multistranded, venation parallel-pinnate, eucamptodromous. Primary lateral venation consisting of several
well-defined vein orders departing from multistranded costa at acute angles. Higher order transverse veins perpendicular to slightly oblique to
primary lateral veins forming a more or less square pattern.

Etymology

No etymology given in the paper.

[J. Kvaček for PFNR: "Derived from the name of the subfamily Orontioideae."]