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Fig. 3

From: First indisputable fossil Ilex (Aquifoliales: Aquifoliaceae) flower found in Baltic amber

Fig. 3

Ilex wennebergii sp. nov. NHMD 872634.  (a-d) synchrotron CT scans, colouring as in Fig. 2, (a) view of flower fossil from below, (b) cross section and (c) longisection of flower, showing the massive pistillodium. Left petal is cut obliquely, thus appearing thicker than it is, (d) reconstruction of supposed look of flower before withering and fossilization. The colouring is imaginative.

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