Saxonipollis
Extinct genus of carnivorous plants
| Saxonipollis Temporal range: Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Droseraceae |
| Genus: | †Saxonipollis Krutzsch (1970) |
| Species: | †S. saxonicus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Saxonipollis saxonicus Krutzsch (1970)[1] | |
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
- ^ a b Krutzsch, Wilfried 1970. Zur Kenntnis fossiler disperser Tetradenpollen. Paläontologische Abhandlungen Abteilung B, Paläobotanik 3(3): 399–433
- ^ Degreef, J.D. 1997. "Fossil Aldrovanda" (PDF). (263 KiB) Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 26(3): 93–97.
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(† extinct)
- Aldrovanda
- †Archaeamphora
- Brocchinia
- Byblis
- Catopsis
- Cephalotus
- Darlingtonia
- Dionaea
- Drosera
- †Droserapites
- †Droserapollis
- †Droseridites
- Drosophyllum
- †Fischeripollis
- Genlisea
- Heliamphora
- Nepenthes
- †Palaeoaldrovanda
- Philcoxia
- Pinguicula
- Roridula
- Sarracenia
- †Saxonipollis
- Triantha
- Triphyophyllum
- Utricularia
- Aracamunia
- Capsella
- Colura
- Dipsacus
- Drymocallis
- Geranium
- Ibicella
- Lathraea
- Paepalanthus
- Passiflora
- Plumbago
- Proboscidea
- Stylidium
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