Alismaticarpum

Taxobox | name = "Alismaticarpum alatum"
fossil_range = Oligocene
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Alismatales
familia = Alismataceae
genus = "Alismaticarpum" †
genus_authority = Collinson
species = "A. alatum" †
binomial = "Alismaticarpum alatum"
binomial_authority =

"Alismaticarpum alatum" is a fossil species of aquatic plants in the family Alismataceae. It is a form taxon created for winged fruits whose precise assignment to a genus is not possible. [cite journal | last=Haggard | first=Kristina K. | coauthors=Tiffney, Bruce H. | year=1997 | title=The Flora of the Early Miocene Brandon Lignite, Vermont, USA. VIII. "Caldesia" (Alismataceae) | journal=American Journal of Botany | volume=84 | issue=2 | pages=239–252 | doi=10.2307/2446086 ] Fossil fruits of this species are known from the Oligocene of England.

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