Concavistylon, Manchester & Pigg & Devore, 2018

Manchester, Steven R., Pigg, Kathleen B. & Devore, Melanie L., 2018, Trochodendraceous Fruits And Foliage In The Miocene Of Western North America, Fossil Imprint 74 (1 - 2), pp. 45-54 : 48

Genus Concavistylon gen. nov.

T y p e. Concavistylon kvacekii sp. n.

P l a n t F o s s i l N a m e s R e g i s t r y N u m b e r.

PFN000101 (for new genus).

D i a g n o s i s. Infructescence a spike or raceme with closely spaced, subsessile to short-pedicelled capsules. Raceme axis relatively stout. Capsules subglobose, rounded apically, with several persistent styles arising subequatorially, about 1/3 of the distance from base toward apex; styles concave, directed toward the fruit apex. Capsule opening apically with radial dehiscence slits extending from immediately above each style to the fruit apex.