Platanocarpus E.M.Friis, P.R.Crane et K.R.Pedersen
Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN002771
Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:2771
Authors: E. M. Friis, P. R. Crane & K. R. Pedersen
Rank: genus
Reference: Friis, E. M., Crane, P. R. & Pedersen, K. R. (1988): Reproductive Structures of Cretaceous Platanaceae. – Biologiske Skrifter 31: 1–55., link
Page of description: 16
Type
Platanocarpus marylandensis E.M.Friis, P.R.Crane et K.R.Pedersen
Original diagnosis/description
Globose pistillate inflorescences composed of a spheroidal, central receptacular core surrounded by numerous densely packed pistillate flowers. Each flower with an undifferentiated perianth surrounding an apocarpous gynoecium. Carpels with a ventral slit and poorly developed style. Fruitlets achenes (nutlets). Trichomes not present on the carpels.
Etymology
From the genus Platanus to which this fossil is related and karpos (Greek) fruit.
Plant fossil remain
macro- and meso-fossils-embryophytes except wood
Names associated with genus
Platanocarpus carolinensis E.M.Friis, P.R.Crane et K.R.Pedersen 1988
Platanocarpus marylandensis E.M.Friis, P.R.Crane et K.R.Pedersen 1988
Platanocarpus brookensis P.R.Crane, K.R.Pedersen, E.M.Friis et Drinnan 1993
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