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 brazzaeana Baill. Fig. 4A–D Material examined ANGOLA • Huilla ; Feb. 1899 ; E. Dekindt 564 ; P [ P04772425 ] !. Seed description Seeds compressed, 7.5 mm long, 5.2 mm wide and 2.6 mm thick, oblong. The surface is reticulate-foveolate and orange-brown, with 3.87 reticulations per mm 2 . The reticulations have an average diameter of 720 µm and a depth of 213 µm. The margin is entire and very thick. The reticulations bordering the margin are open laterally. The apex has a hooked prominent appendage. The base is obtuse, without a mucro. The palisade seed coat is 275 µm thick.