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 Paropsia obscura O.Hoffm. Fig. 5I–L Material examined MADAGASCAR • Diego-Suarez/Antsiranana: Presqu’île d’Ampasindava, Ampasindiva, forêt de Bongomihiravavy ; 10 Nov. 2008 ; M.C. Madiomanana et al. 108 ; P [ P05470672 ] !. Seed description Seeds compressed, 7.7 mm long, 6.3 mm wide and 2 mm thick, cordate. The surface is coarsely reticulate and light cream, with 3.75 reticulations per mm 2 . The reticulations have an average diameter of 675 µm and a depth of 188 µm. The margin is striate. The apex has a prominent appendage. The base is obtuse, without a mucro. The palisade seed coat is 214 µm thick.