Alismaticarpum
| Alismaticarpum Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Alismataceae |
| Genus: | †Alismaticarpum M.E.Collinson |
| Species: | †A. alatum
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| Binomial name | |
| †Alismaticarpum alatum M.E.Collinson
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Alismaticarpum alatum is a fossil species of aquatic plants in the family Alismataceae. It is a form taxon created for winged fruits whose precise assignment to a genus is not possible.[1] Fossil fruits of this species are known from the Oligocene of England.
References
[edit]- ^ Haggard, Kristina K.; Tiffney, Bruce H. (1997). "The Flora of the Early Miocene Brandon Lignite, Vermont, USA. VIII. Caldesia (Alismataceae)". American Journal of Botany. 84 (2). American Journal of Botany, Vol. 84, No. 2: 239–252. doi:10.2307/2446086. JSTOR 2446086. PMID 21712204.
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