Valecarpus K.R.Pedersen, Balthazar, P.R.Crane et E.M.Friis
Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN002035
Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:2035
Authors: K. R. Pedersen, M. von Balthazar, P. R. Crane & E. M. Friis
Rank: genus
Reference: Pedersen, K. R., von Balthazar, M., Crane, P. R. & Friis, E. M. (2007): Early Cretaceous floral structures and in situ tricolpate-striate pollen: New early eudicots from Portugal. – Grana 46(3): 176–196.
Page of description: 186
Type taxon
Valecarpus pedicellatus K.R.Pedersen, Balthazar, P.R.Crane et E.M.Friis
Original protologue
Gynoecium tricarpellate, syncarpous and hypogynous, borne on a short stalk. Carpels united for most of their length. Ovary distinctly triangular in cross-section. Stigma sessile, double-crested, papillate, and secretory restricted to the distal parts of the three ventral slits; papillae short and rounded.
Etymology
From Vale de Agua, and karpos (gr. fruit).
Plant fossil remain
macro- and meso-fossils-embryophytes except wood
Names associated with genus
Valecarpus pedicellatus K.R.Pedersen, Balthazar, P.R.Crane et E.M.Friis 2007