Androecium of Archaefructus, the Late Jurassic Angiosperms from Western Liaoning, China |
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Authors: | SUN Ge ZHENG Shaolin SUN Chunlin SUN Yuewu David LDILCHER MIAO Yuyan |
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Abstract: | Androecium of the earliest known flowering plant Archaefructus liaoningensis was found from the Upper Jurassic Jianshangou Formation of western Liaoning, China. The androecium consists of numerous stamens bearing in pair on the reproductive axes below conduplicate carpels. The stamens are composed of a short filament and basifixed anther for each. Monosulcate pollen in situ are found from the anthers. The characters of the androecium reveals that Archaefructus are probably protandrous, and the paired stamens and monosulcate pollen appear to indicate that Archaefructus, as primitive angiosperms,might be derived from extinct seed -ferns during the Older Mesozoic. Archaefructus is considered Late Jurassic in age. |
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Keywords: | Androecium Archaefructus Early angiosperm Late Jurassic Western Liaoning of China |
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