Pluricarpellatia peltata was a species of herbaceous aquatic plant, which occurred in the early Cretaceous period of Brazil.[1]
| Pluricarpellatia Temporal range: Early Cretaceous[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Order: | Nymphaeales |
| Family: | Cabombaceae |
| Genus: | †Pluricarpellatia B. Mohr, Bernardes-de-Oliveira & David W. Taylor[1] |
| Species: | †P. peltata
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| Binomial name | |
| †Pluricarpellatia peltata B. Mohr, Bernardes-de-Oliveira & David W. Taylor[1]
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Description
editVegetative characteristics
editPluricarpellatia peltata was an aquatic, rhizomatous, herbaceous plant with 5 mm wide rhizomes and 0.3-1.3 mm wide roots. The plant could exceed 25 cm in length. The thin, petiolate leaves have a smooth margin. The petioles were 5 cm long, and 3 mm wide.[1]
Generative characteristics
editThe pedunculate, 2 cm wide flowers had up to 17 cm long peduncles. The gynoecium consists of 6-12 carpels.[1]
Taxonomy
editPublication
editIt was published by Barbara Adelheid Rosina Mohr, Mary Elizabeth Bernardes de Oliveira and David Winship Taylor in 2008.[1]
Type specimen
editThe type specimen was collected by Barbara Adelheid Rosina Mohr, Mary Elizabeth Bernardes de Oliveira and David Winship Taylor South of Nova Olinda, Brazil in the Crato Formation of the Araripe Basin. It is stored in the Natural History Museum, Berlin, Germany.[1]
Position within Nymphaeales
editIt was likely a basal member of the family Cabombaceae.[1][2]
Etymology
editThe generic name Pluricarpellatia references the many carpels present in the flowers. The specific epithet peltata refers to the peltate leaves.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Mohr, B. A., Bernardes-de-Oliveira, M. E., & Taylor, D. W. (2008). "Pluricarpellatia, a nymphaealean angiosperm from the Lower Cretaceous of northern Gondwana (Crato Formation, Brazil)." Taxon, 57(4), 1147-1158.
- ^ Fossilworks: Pluricarpellatia. (n.d.). Retrieved February 4, 2024, from https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=207947