Albertarum Bogner, G.L. Hoffman & Aulenback
Nomenclature
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Family: Araceae
Genus:
Albertarum Bogner, G.L. Hoffman & Aulenback
Page number:
592
Etymology:
ETYMOLOGY: The generic name refers to the Province of Alberta
and the genus Arum L., from which the family Araceae
takes its name.
Type information:
TYPUS OF THE GENUS: Albertarum pueri Bogner, G.L. Hoffman
& Aulenback
SUMMARY
FOSSIL
GENERIC DESCRIPTION: Infructescence stipitate, subglobose. Flowers bisexual, perigoniate; tepals six, fornicate, imbricate. Gynoecium with a trilocular ovary, one ovule per locule, placenta apical-parietal or possibly mid-axial; ovules
anatropous; stylar region long attenuate. Seed ellipsoid; testa thick, prominently ribbed; raphe present.