Monetianthus
| Monetianthus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Order: | Nymphaeales |
| Family: | Nymphaeaceae |
| Genus: | †Monetianthus Friis et al.[2] |
| Species: | †M. mirus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Monetianthus mirus Friis et al.[2]
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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]
- ^ 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