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Monetianthus
Species of aquatic plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Monetianthus mirus was a species of fossil plant, which occurred in the early Cretaceous period of Portugal.[1]
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Description
Generative characteristics
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
Publication
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
The type specimen was collected in Vale de Agua in western Portugal.[1]
Position within Nymphaeales
It is placed in the family Nymphaeaceae.[2] Alternatively, it has been proposed to include this genus in a newly described family Monetianthaceae Doweld.[3]
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Etymology
The generic name Monetianthus honours Claude Monet. The specific epithet mirus, from the Latin mirus, means wonderful, remarkable, or extraordinary.[1]
References
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