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
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2024
2024-06-25
943
1
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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
Androsiphonia adenostegia
Stapf
Figs 1A
,
2
Material examined
IVORY COAST
•
Province de l’Attié
, Alépé; 1907;
A.J.B. Chevalier 17461
;
P
[
P04772166
]
! •
Bassin du Haut-Nuon
,
Pays des Diolas
,
entre Kuankoulé et Danané
;
7 Apr. 1909
;
A.J.B. Chevalier 21194
;
P
[
P04772168
]
!.
Seed description
Seeds are ca 6.0–9.0 mm long, 6.0–8.0 mm wide and 5.0–
5.5 mm
thick, oblong to nearly circular, wider than thick. The surface is completely smooth, dark brown, with visible hairy tegument. The apex is blunt, rounded with a small depression. The base is rounded. The margin is entire. The integuments are reduced to a single cellular layer.