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abot94-10
Title
A partial inflorescence and two flowers from the Middle Eocene Princeton Chert
Author
Selena Smith University of Alberta Biological Sciences Edmonton Alberta T6G 2E9 Canada
Keywords
Saururus
Description
Saururus
A partial inflorescence and two flowers from the Middle Eocene Princeton Chert, British Columbia, Canada, digitally reconstructed from serial sections using the program AMIRA 3.1.1. The raceme (left) represents an immature apical portion of the inflorescence, 2.9 mm long, with bracts (white) and stamens (green) visible. Fossil flowers are only 0.8 mm in diameter, making the use of three-dimensional reconstructions extremely helpful in visualizing the whole flowers. Flowers have a subtending bract (white), no perianth, five stamens (yellow) and four carpels (green). Anatomy, morphology and phylogenetic analysis indicate these fossils are most similar to Saururus (lizard
Publisher
Botanical Society of America
Additional data
copyright: Smith, BSA
license: http://images.botany.org/index.html#license
Collection
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Botanical Name
Saururus
Location Area
Middle Eocene Princeton Chert
Location State
Brithish Columbia
Location Country
Canada
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