Biology:Saxonipollis
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Short description: Extinct genus of carnivorous plants
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Droseraceae |
| Genus: | †Saxonipollis Krutzsch (1970) |
| Species: | †S. saxonicus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Saxonipollis saxonicus Krutzsch (1970)[1]
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Saxonipollis saxonicus is an extinct plant species. It was possibly carnivorous. It is known only from fossilised pollen found in Eocene deposits of East Germany.[1]
Saxonipollis saxonicus was possibly a precursor to Aldrovanda, or a close relative to its precursor.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Krutzsch, Wilfried 1970. Zur Kenntnis fossiler disperser Tetradenpollen. Paläontologische Abhandlungen Abteilung B, Paläobotanik 3(3): 399–433
- ↑ Degreef, J.D. 1997. "Fossil Aldrovanda.". http://carnivorousplants.org/cpn/articles/CPNv26n3p93_97.pdf. (263 KiB) Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 26(3): 93–97.
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