Saxonipollis

Saxonipollis
Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Droseraceae
Genus: †Saxonipollis
Krutzsch (1970)
Species:
†S. saxonicus
Binomial name
†Saxonipollis saxonicus

Saxonipollis saxonicus is an extinct plant species. It was possibly carnivorous. It is known only from fossilised pollen found in Eocene deposits of East Germany.[1]

Saxonipollis saxonicus was possibly a precursor to Aldrovanda, or a close relative to its precursor.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Krutzsch, Wilfried 1970. Zur Kenntnis fossiler disperser Tetradenpollen. Paläontologische Abhandlungen Abteilung B, Paläobotanik 3(3): 399–433
  2. ^ Degreef, J.D. 1997. "Fossil Aldrovanda" (PDF). (263 KiB) Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 26(3): 93–97.


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