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Project 4734: E. Friis, K. Pedersen, M. von Balthazar, G. Grimm, P. Crane. 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.

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Abstract

Monetianthus mirus gen. et sp. nov. is described based on a single coalified flower from the Early Cretaceous (Late Aptian‐Early Albian) Vale de Agua locality, western Portugal. The flower is actinomorphic and probably bisexual, with a perianth of nine or 10 tepals, an androecium of 20 stamens, and a syncarpous gynoecium with a partly inferior ovary of 12 carpels arranged radially around a central column. Phyllotaxis of tepals and stamens is uncertain. Nondestructive synchrotron radiation x‐ray tomographic microscopy of internal structures documents laminar placentation with around six anatropous and ascending ovules in each locule. Comparison of Monetianthus with living plants indicates a clear relationship to extant Nymphaeales in particular with the Barclaya and Nymphaeoideae clade. Monetianthus thus provides evidence of crown group Nymphaeales, and probably crown group Nymphaeaceae, at a very early stage in the initial diversification of flowering plants.

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Article DOI: 10.1086/605120

Project DOI: 10.7934/P4734, http://dx.doi.org/10.7934/P4734

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MorphoBank Project 4734

Creation Date:
05 July 2023
Publication Date:
13 July 2023
Matrix downloads: 2

Authors' Institutions

Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska riksmuseet) Stockholm

Aarhus University

University of Chicago

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Taxonomic Overview for Matrix 'M29339' (56 Taxa)

taxon	unscored cells	scored cells	no cell support	NPA cells	"-" cells	cell images	labels on cell images	member access
[1] Magnoliaceae Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	2	122	112	0	0	0	0	2
[2] Degeneria Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	4	110	110	0	0	0	0	2
[3] Eupomatia Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	9	106	105	0	0	0	0	2
[4] Galbulimima Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	10	105	104	0	0	0	0	2
[5] Annonaceae Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	1	125	113	0	0	0	0	2
[6] Myristicaceae Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	7	111	107	0	0	0	0	2
[7] Winteraceae Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	4	114	110	0	0	0	0	2
[8] Canellaceae Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	7	115	107	0	0	0	0	2
[9] Illicium Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	2	114	112	0	0	0	0	2
[10] Schisandraceae Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	3	113	111	0	0	0	0	2
[11] Austrobaileya Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	4	110	110	0	0	0	0	2
[12] Amborella Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	6	110	108	0	0	0	0	2
[13] Trimenia Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	7	116	107	0	0	0	0	2
[14] SarcandraChloranthus Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	15	110	99	0	0	0	0	2
[15] Ascarina Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	21	93	93	0	0	0	0	2
[16] Hedyosmum Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	14	105	100	0	0	0	0	2
[17] Calycanthaceae Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	3	114	111	0	0	0	0	2
[18] Idiospermum Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	21	94	93	0	0	0	0	2
[19] Monimioideae Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	8	108	106	0	0	0	0	2
[20] Mollinedioideae Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	8	115	106	0	0	0	0	2
[21] Atherospermataceae Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	7	117	107	0	0	0	0	2
[22] Hortonia Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	12	102	102	0	0	0	0	2
[23] Siparunaceae Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	15	104	99	0	0	0	0	2
[24] Gomortega Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	18	96	96	0	0	0	0	2
[25] Hernandioideae Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	9	109	105	0	0	0	0	2
[26] Gyrocarpoideae Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	16	100	98	0	0	0	0	2
[27] Lauraceae Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	6	118	108	0	0	0	0	2
[28] Saururaceae Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	12	106	102	0	0	0	0	2
[29] Piperaceae Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	14	110	100	0	0	0	0	2
[30] Asaroideae Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	4	116	110	0	0	0	0	2
[31] Aristolochioideae Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	9	113	105	0	0	0	0	2
[32] Lactoris Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	6	108	108	0	0	0	0	2
[33] Cabombaceae Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	10	108	104	0	0	0	0	2
[34] Nuphar Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	13	101	101	0	0	0	0	2
[35] Barclaya Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	28	86	86	0	0	0	0	2
[36] Nymphaeoideae Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	12	107	102	0	0	0	0	2
[37] Nelumbo Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	15	100	99	0	0	0	0	2
[38] Lardizabalaceae Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	3	122	111	0	0	0	0	2
[39] Menispermaceae Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	3	121	111	0	0	0	0	2
[40] Berberidaceae Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	7	123	107	0	0	0	0	2
[41] Ranunculaceae Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	7	121	107	0	0	0	0	2
[42] Papaverales Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	9	113	105	0	0	0	0	2
[43] Euptelea Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	7	109	107	0	0	0	0	2
[44] Platanaceae Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	4	115	110	0	0	0	0	2
[45] Proteaceae Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	10	121	104	0	0	0	0	2
[46] Trochodendraceae Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	7	113	107	0	0	0	0	2
[47] Buxaceae Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	7	117	107	0	0	0	0	2
[48] Acorus Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	13	103	101	0	0	0	0	2
[49] Araceae Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	12	118	102	0	0	0	0	2
[50] Butomus Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	12	102	102	0	0	0	0	2
[51] Tofieldia Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	22	92	92	0	0	0	0	2
[52] Dioscoreales Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	12	113	102	0	0	0	0	2
[53] Flagellaria Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	27	88	87	0	0	0	0	2
[54] Centrolepidaceae Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	31	89	83	0	0	0	0	2
[55] Hydatellaceae Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	41	74	73	0	0	0	0	2
[56] † Monetianthus mirus Taxon name last Modified on 07/05/23	84	30	30	0	0	0	0	2

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type	number of downloads	Individual items downloaded (where applicable)
Total downloads from project	3
Project downloads	1
Matrix downloads	2	Matrix from Friis et al 2009 (2 downloads);