Endobeuthos paleosum in 99-million-year-old amber does not belong to the Proteaceae

Autores/as

  • Byron B. Lamont Curtin University
  • Philip G. Ladd Murdoch University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v18.i1.1343

Resumen

Las especies de la familia Proteaceae son casi invariablemente tetrámeras con el estambre adosado a un tépalo. No se conocen inflorescencias andromonoicas con muchas flores masculinas compuestas de un solo estambre (espatuloide) y una flor femenina con un estigma pubescente, como en Endobeuthos paleosum. Sugerimos que el espécimen es una flor bisexual con decenas de estambres que rodean un único estigma. Además, el espécimen es demasiado antiguo para encajar con los conocimientos actuales de la historia migratoria de las Proteaceae.

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Publicado

2024-07-09

Cómo citar

Lamont, B. B., & Ladd, P. G. (2024). Endobeuthos paleosum in 99-million-year-old amber does not belong to the Proteaceae. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 18(1), 143–147. https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v18.i1.1343