Stephania psittaca Jud et al. 2018

Angiospermae - Ranunculales - Menispermaceae

Full reference: N. A. Jud, A. Iglesias, P. Wilf and M. A. Gandolfo. 2018. Fossil moonseeds from the Paleogene of West Gondwana (Patagonia, Argentina). American Journal of Botany 105(5):927-942

Belongs to Stephania according to E. Stiles et al. 2020

See also Jud et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Stephania hootae, Stephania palaeosudamericana

Type specimen: MPEF- Pb 6801, a seed/fruit (Endocarp)

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Palacio de los Loros 2 (Paleocene of Argentina)

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