Biology:Alismaticarpum

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Short description: Extinct species of flowering plant

Alismaticarpum
Temporal range: Oligocene
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Alismataceae
Genus: Alismaticarpum
M.E.Collinson
Species:
A. alatum
Binomial name
Alismaticarpum alatum
M.E.Collinson

Alismaticarpum alatum is a fossil species of aquatic plants in the family Alismataceae. It is a form taxon created for winged fruits whose precise assignment to a genus is not possible.[1] Fossil fruits of this species are known from the Oligocene of England .

References

  1. Haggard, Kristina K.; Tiffney, Bruce H. (1997). "The Flora of the Early Miocene Brandon Lignite, Vermont, USA. VIII. Caldesia (Alismataceae)". American Journal of Botany (American Journal of Botany, Vol. 84, No. 2) 84 (2): 239–252. doi:10.2307/2446086. PMID 21712204. 

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