Droserapites

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Droserapites Fossil range: Miocene
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Caryophyllales Family: Droseraceae Genus: Droserapites Huang (1978)
Species
Droserapites clavatus Huang (1978)

Droserapites is a genus of extinct plants of somewhat uncertain droseracean affinity.

Fossil pollen of D. clavatus was found in Miocene formations of Taiwan. It is "tetrad, inaperturate, with clavate, baculate and gemmate processes", and matches that of extant Drosera in morphology.^[1]

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