A Jurassic flower bud from China Author Cui, Da-Fang 0000-0003-2440-8425 College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China Author Hou, Yemao 0000-0002-3247-7757 Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology, CAS Centre for Excellence in Life and Palaeoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China Author Yin, Pengfei 0000-0002-4520-5347 Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology, CAS Centre for Excellence in Life and Palaeoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China Author Wang, Xin 0000-0002-4053-5515 State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology and CAS Centre for Excellence in Life and Palaeoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China xinwang@nigpas.ac.cn text Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2022 2022-01-06 521 1 13 journal article 10.1144/SP521-2021-122 023770ae-0f4e-45f8-b55a-b9cb0a1c1dd4 5883880 Florigerminis gen. nov. Type species . Florigerminis jurassica gen. et sp. nov. Etymology . Flori- for flower in Latin, - germinis for bud in Latin. Generic diagnosis . Woody branch with nodes, leaf scars, physically connected fruit and flower bud. Leaves abscised, helically arranged, with decurrent petioles. Flower–fruit pairs helically clustered on the distal portion of the branch. Flower bud terminated on the branch, paired, with a straight pedicel, oval-shaped, with several tepals suggested by their sculpture. Multiple tepals smooth-margined, tightly enwrapping the centre. Fruit borne on a slender curving pedicel, oval-shaped, with four persistent decussately arranged foliar parts and an apical invagination. Endocarp elongated oval, with a pointed tip. Locality . Daohugou Village , Ningcheng , Inner Mongolia , China ( 41° 18′ 39.60″ N , 119° 13′ 29.14″ E ). Horizon . The Jiulongshan Formation.