Saxonipollis
Extinct genus of carnivorous plants / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Saxonipollis | |
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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] | |
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Saxonipollis saxonicus was possibly a precursor to Aldrovanda, or a close relative to its precursor.[2]