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 Barteria dewevrei De Wild. & T.Durand Fig. 3A–H Material examined CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC • Forêt de la Seriki près Kembe , Oubangu ; Oct. 1960 ; Guignonis 1938 ; P [ P04772304 ] !. Fig. 2. Seeds of Androsiphonia adenostegia Stapf. A –D . From specimen A.J.B. Chevalier 17461 (P04772166). E–H . From specimen A.J.B. Chevalier 21194 (P04772168). A, E . Face view. B, F . Side view. C, G . Second face view. D, H . Basal view. Scale bar = 5 mm. Fig. 3. Seeds of the genus Barteria Hook.f. A –D . Barteria dewevrei De Wild. & T.Durand ( Guignonis 1938 ; P04772304) seed. E–H . Barteria dewevrei second seed. I–L . Barteria fistulosa Mast. ( H. JacquesFélix 4802 ; P04772344). M–P . Barteria nigritana Hook.f. ( A. Walker s.n. ; P04772081). A, E, I, M . Face view. B, F, J, N . Side view. C, G, K, O . Second face view. D, H, L, P . Basal view. Scale bar = 5 mm. Seed description Seeds compressed, 5.0 mm long, 3.0 mm wide and 2.0 mm thick, curved oblong. The surface is coarsely reticulate and black, with an average of 4.50 reticulations per mm 2 . The reticulations have an average diameter of 634 µm and a depth of 159 µm. The margin is entire with a fold. The apex lacks prominent appendages. The base is acute and truncate, with a mucro. The palisade seed coat is 135 µm thick on average.