Lambertiflora elegans E.M.Friis, P.R.Crane et K.R.Pedersen

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN000905

Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:905

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

Rank: species

Genus: Lambertiflora E.M.Friis, P.R.Crane et K.R.Pedersen

Reference: Friis, E. M., Crane, P. R. & Pedersen, K. R. (2020): Multiparted, apocarpous flowers from the Early Cretaceous of eastern North America and Portugal. – Fossil Imprint 76(2): 279–296.

Page of description: 283

Illustrations or figures: text-figs 3a–e, 4a–c

Name is type for

Types

Original diagnosis/description

Flower structurally bisexual, with multiparted perianth, androecium and gynoecium. Floral receptacle conical, elongate. Perianth of about 30 tepals spirally arranged in several series. Tepals all sepaloid and free from each other, narrowly elongate with rhomboidal bases. Androecium of several free stamens, apparently spirally arranged in at least two series. Gynoecium apocarpous, of many free carpels borne on the conical receptacle; ovary superior. Large, secretory cells in all floral tissues.

Etymology

From the slender, elegant shape of the fossil.

Stratigraphy

Cretaceous, Lower Cretaceous, Albian
Basal part of Subzone IIB, Potomac Group; Early Cretaceous (early to middle Albian)

Locality

United States
Puddledock, former Tarmac Lone Star Industries (Vulcan Materials) sand and gravel pit, located south of Richmond and east of the Appomattox River in Prince George County, Virginia (37° 15′ 52″ N, 77° 22′ 10″ W).