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abot91-11
Title
Miocene winged fruits of <em>Loxopterygium</em> (Anacardiaceae)
Author
Robyn J. Burnham University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology Ann Arbor Michigan 48109-1079 USA
Keywords
anemochory, dry tropical forest, Ecuador, Loxopterygium, paleobotany, Tertiary, winged diaspores
Description
BSA Plant Images Online - Miocene winged fruits of Loxopterygium (Anacardiaceae)
Winged fruits of modern and fossil Loxopterygium. Two modern species (top row) from seasonally dry tropical forests in South America are distinguished in fruit by the length of the pedicel. A new fossil species of Loxopterygium fruit from Miocene inter-Andean basins of Ecuador is morphologically similar to both modern species.
Publisher
Botanical Society of America
Additional data
copyright: Burnham, BSA
license: http://images.botany.org/index.html#license
Collection
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Location Area
inter-Andean basins
Location Country
Ecuador
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  • AJB Cover Image

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