Alismaticarpum
Extinct species of flowering plant
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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.
| Alismaticarpum Temporal range: | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Alismataceae |
| Genus: | †Alismaticarpum M.E.Collinson |
| Species: | †A. alatum |
| Binomial name | |
| †Alismaticarpum alatum M.E.Collinson | |