Alismaticarpum

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Alismaticarpum alatum
Fossil range: Oligocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Alismatales
Family: Alismataceae
Genus: Alismaticarpum †
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Species: A. alatum †
Binomial name
Alismaticarpum alatum

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.

[edit] 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 84 (2): 239–252. doi:10.2307/2446086. 
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