Atlantocarpus E.M.Friis, P.R.Crane et K.R.Pedersen

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN001600

Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:1600

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

Rank: genus

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: 286

Type

Original diagnosis/description

Floral structure bracteate, pedicellate and structurally bisexual, with a multiparted perianth, androecium and gynoecium. Floral receptacle elongate conical. Ovary superior lacking a hypanthium. Perianth of about 15 tepals in two or more series. Tepals with broad rhombic bases. Androecium of about 15 free stamens in two or more series. Gynoecium apocarpous, of about 40 to 50 carpels arranged spirally along the elongated receptacle. Style lacking, stigmatic region extended. Carpels apparently ascidiate.

Etymology

From the occurrence of the genus on both sides of the Cretaceous North Atlantic.