The sporophyte of the Paleogene liverwort <i>Frullania varians</i> Caspary

We document the sporophyte of the extinct <i>Frullania varians</i> based on an inclusion in Late Oligocene Bitterfeld amber from Germany. The sporophyte consists of a short, ca. 45 µm thick seta that exceeds the perianth only slightly; the elongate-ovate, acute valves of the opened capsu...

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Main Authors: J. Heinrichs, M. von Konrat, H. Grabenhorst, A. R. Schmidt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2012-08-01
Series:Fossil Record
Online Access:http://www.foss-rec.net/15/115/2012/fr-15-115-2012.pdf