Seed morphology of the paleotropical tribe Paropsieae (Passifloraceae, Malpighiales), and paleobotanical implications
Author
Lagrange, Flavien
CR 2 P - Centre de Recherche en Paléontologie - Paris, MNHN - Sorbonne Université - CNRS, 43 Rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France.
flagrange@edu.mnhn.fr
Author
Martínez, Camila
Área de Sistemas Naturales y Sostenibilidad, Universidad EAFIT, Medellín, Colombia. & Center for Tropical Paleoecology and Archaeology, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Panama.
cmartinez2@eafit.edu.co
Author
Rio, Cédric Del
CR 2 P - Centre de Recherche en Paléontologie - Paris, MNHN - Sorbonne Université - CNRS, 43 Rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France.
cedric.del-rio@mnhn.fr
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2024
2024-06-25
943
1
23
https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2583/11761
journal article
298996
10.5852/ejt.2024.943.2583
ea682b89-83a9-4ff0-9c12-ba158b7dc2f8
2118-9773
12548059
Paropsiopsis decandra
(Baill.) Sleumer
Figs 1D
,
6A–D
Material examined
GABON
• 1906?;
T.J. Klaine 194
;
P
[
P
04772112]!.
Seed description
Seeds compressed,
5.9–6.1 mm
long,
2.6–2.9 mm
wide and
1.6–1.9 mm
thick, oblong. The surface is reticulate foveolate and brown, with an average of 6.12 reticulations per mm
2
. The reticulations have an average diameter of 195 µm and a depth of 106 µm. The margin is entire. The apex lacks a prominent appendage. The base is acute and truncate, with a mucro. The palisade seed coat is 103 µm thick.