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1 Description  



1.1  Generative characteristics  







2 Taxonomy  



2.1  Publication  





2.2  Type specimen  





2.3  Position within Nymphaeales  







3 Etymology  





4 References  














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Monetianthus
Temporal range: 145–100.5 Ma

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Early Cretaceous[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Order: Nymphaeales
Family: Nymphaeaceae
Genus: Monetianthus
Friis et al.[2]
Species:
M. mirus
Binomial name
Monetianthus mirus

Friis et al.[2]

Monetianthus mirus was a species of fossil plant, which occurred in the early Cretaceous period of Portugal.[1]

Description[edit]

Generative characteristics[edit]

Monetianthus mirus had small, bisexual, actinomorphic flowers with 9-10 tepals. The androecium consists of 20 stamens. The pollen grains are monocolpate and reticulate. The gynoecium consists of 12 syncarpous carpels. The ovules are anatropous.[1]

Taxonomy[edit]

Publication[edit]

It was published by Else Marie Friis, Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen, Maria von Balthazar, Guido W. Grimm, and Peter Robert Crane in 2009.[1]

Type specimen[edit]

The type specimen was collected in Vale de Agua in western Portugal.[1]

Position within Nymphaeales[edit]

It is placed in the family Nymphaeaceae.[2]

Etymology[edit]

The generic name Monetianthus honours Claude Monet. The specific epithet mirus, from the Latin mirus, means wonderful, remarkable, or extraordinary.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Friis, E. M., Pedersen, K. R., von Balthazar, M., Grimm, G. W., & Crane, P. R. (2009). "Monetianthus mirus gen. et sp. nov., a nymphaealean flower from the Early Cretaceous of Portugal." International Journal of Plant Sciences, 170(8), 1086-1101.
  • ^ a b c Fossilworks: Monetianthus mirus. (n.d.). Retrieved February 4, 2024, from http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=207951

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Monetianthus&oldid=1203427641"

    Categories: 
    Nymphaeaceae
    Cretaceous plants
    Cretaceous angiosperms
    Prehistoric angiosperm genera
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    Nymphaeales genera
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