| Name | Carpestella Balthazar, K. R. Pedersen, P. R. Crane & E. M. Friis |
| Authorship | Balthazar, K. R. Pedersen, P. R. Crane & E. M. Friis |
| Rank | Genus |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Incertae sedis |
| Contains | Carpestella sp. |
| Remarks | Type: C. lacunata Balthazar, K. R. Pedersen, P. R. Crane & E. M. Friis FOSSIL: Early Cretaceous (Early to Middle Albian) Puddledock locality, Virginia; flower small, actinomorphic, shows 15 large basal scars (tepals?)and 60 smaller, quadrangular, distal scars (stamens or staminodes?), both sets spirally arranged; gynoecium partly inferior, plurilocular ... similarities with flowers of Nymphaeaceae (especially Nymphaea) and also Illiciaceae (Illicium). |
| Citation | Sep 2008 Int. J. Pl. Sci. 169(7): 890 |
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