Brasenites
Species of aquatic plant
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Brasenites kansense was a species of aquatic plant, which occurred in the early Cretaceous period of the United States of America.[1]
| Brasenites Temporal range: Early Cretaceous[1] | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Order: | Nymphaeales |
| Family: | Cabombaceae |
| Genus: | †Brasenites Wang et Dilcher[1] |
| Species: | †B. kansense |
| Binomial name | |
| †Brasenites kansense Wang et Dilcher[1] | |
Description
Vegetative characteristics
Brasenites kansense has suborbicular to orbicular, petiolate, peltate leaves with entire margins. The orbicular leaves are 6–8 cm wide, and the suborbicular leaves are 7.5-12.2 cm long, and 6–10.1 cm wide. The leaf venation is actinodromous.[1]
