- Source: Monetianthus
Monetianthus mirus was a species of fossil plant, which occurred in the early Cretaceous period of Portugal.
Description
= Generative characteristics
=Monetianthus mirus had small, bisexual, actinomorphic flowers with 9-10 tepals. The androecium consists of 20 stamens. The pollen grains are monocolpate and reticulate. The gynoecium consists of 12 syncarpous carpels. The ovules are anatropous.
Taxonomy
= Publication
=It was published by Else Marie Friis, Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen, Maria von Balthazar, Guido W. Grimm, and Peter Robert Crane in 2009.
= Type specimen
=The type specimen was collected in Vale de Agua in western Portugal.
= Position within Nymphaeales
=It is placed in the family Nymphaeaceae. Alternatively, it has been proposed to include this genus in a newly described family Monetianthaceae Doweld.
Etymology
The generic name Monetianthus honours Claude Monet. The specific epithet mirus, from the Latin mirus, means wonderful, remarkable, or extraordinary.
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Nymphaeaceae
- Monetianthus
- Nymphaeales
- Nymphaeaceae
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