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IRMNG name detailsAcanthocarpus Göppert, 1864 †
fossil only
Not documented
Taxonomic remark Junior homonym of Acanthocarpus J.G.C. Lehmann, 1848 (Asparagaceae). From Seward, 1917: Goeppert founded a new genus,...
Taxonomic remark Junior homonym of Acanthocarpus J.G.C. Lehmann, 1848 (Asparagaceae). From Seward, 1917: Goeppert founded a new genus, Acanthocarpus, on a Permian seed described as A. xanthioides, because of the occurrence of spinous processes attached to an obcordate kernel: these apparent spines are in all probability the remains of a very imperfectly preserved sarcotesta. [details]
IRMNG (2025). Acanthocarpus Göppert, 1864 †. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1342189 on 2026-04-03
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Farr, E. R.; Zijlstra, G. (eds). (1996-current). Index Nominum Genericorum (ING). A compilation of generic names published for organisms covered by the ICN: International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. [previously: organisms covered by the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature] (2007 version). , available online at https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/ing/ [details]
status source Seward, A. C. (1917). Fossil Plants. Volume III. Pteridospermeae, Cycadofilices, Cordaitales, Cycadophyta. Cambridge University Press, 656 pp. , available online at https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/Fossil_plants_-_for_students_of_botany_and_geology_%28IA_cu31924085826125%29.pdf note: inferred, refer note [details] name verified source Farr, E. R.; Zijlstra, G. (eds). (1996-current). Index Nominum Genericorum (ING). A compilation of generic names published for organisms covered by the ICN: International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. [previously: organisms covered by the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature] (2007 version). , available online at https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/ing/ [details] extant flag source Farr, E. R.; Zijlstra, G. (eds). (1996-current). Index Nominum Genericorum (ING). A compilation of generic names published for organisms covered by the ICN: International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. [previously: organisms covered by the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature] (2007 version). , available online at https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/ing/ [details] Unreviewed
Descriptive info Seed?; Permian; Braunau, Bohemia. (Index Nominum Genericorum) [details]Taxonomic remark Junior homonym of Acanthocarpus J.G.C. Lehmann, 1848 (Asparagaceae). From Seward, 1917: Goeppert founded a new genus, Acanthocarpus, on a Permian seed described as A. xanthioides, because of the occurrence of spinous processes attached to an obcordate kernel: these apparent spines are in all probability the remains of a very imperfectly preserved sarcotesta. [details] |
