Alatonucula Hermsen et Gandolfo

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN003669

Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:3669

Authors: E. J. Hermsen & M. A. Gandolfo

Rank: genus

Reference for this name: Hermsen, E. J. & Gandolfo, M. A. (2016): Fruits of Juglandaceae from the Eocene of South America. – Systematic Botany 41(2): 316–328. Not public

Page of description: 319

Original diagnosis/description

Pedicellate fruit consisting of a nutlet with attached unlobed or trilobed wing. Pedicel tapering to an angular or rounded base. Apex of unlobed wing or apex of central wing lobe of trilobed wing mucronate to acuminate; base of wing often cordate. Sinus depth of trilobed wings variable. Nutlet locule divided basally into four chambers by primary and secondary septa of nearly equal thicknesses. Nutlet wall without lacunae.