Treptostemon (Lauraceae), a new genus of fossil flower from Mid-Tertiary Dominican amber

KL Chambers, GO Poinar Jr, AS Chanderbali - Journal of the Botanical …, 2012 - JSTOR
KL Chambers, GO Poinar Jr, AS Chanderbali
Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of texas, 2012JSTOR
ABSTRACT A fossil flower of family Lauraceae is described from amber of Late Oligocene-
Early Miocene deposits in the Dominican Republic Hispaniola. The flower is staminate and
lacks a visible pistillode. It has 6 equal, lanceolate, spreading tepals and at least 6 fertile
stam 4 anther pores of the stamens of whorls 1 and 2 are arranged in pairs, one above the
other. The pores are open and in some cases ha remains of apical valves. The 3 stamens of
whorl 3 have at least 2 pores, whose raised valves are visible, but the total number of po …
Abstract
A fossil flower of family Lauraceae is described from amber of Late Oligocene-Early Miocene deposits in the Dominican Republic Hispaniola. The flower is staminate and lacks a visible pistillode. It has 6 equal, lanceolate, spreading tepals and at least 6 fertile stam 4 anther pores of the stamens of whorls 1 and 2 are arranged in pairs, one above the other. The pores are open and in some cases ha remains of apical valves. The 3 stamens of whorl 3 have at least 2 pores, whose raised valves are visible, but the total number of po certain. It is not known whether these stamens are functional or staminodial. Whorl 4 staminodes appear to be absent. A distinctiv of the flower is that all 6 anthers of whorls 1 and 2 stamens are extrorse in dehiscence. Due to this unique characteristic, the flow be assigned to any modern genus, and it is here described as the new genus and species Treptostemon domingensis.
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