New physaloid fruit‐fossil species from early Eocene South America

• Published in: American Journal of Botany
• Main Authors: Deanna, Rocío, Wilf, Peter, Gandolfo, Maria A.
• Other Authors: Fondo para la Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, Society of Systematic Biologists, Secretaría de Ciencia y Técnica, Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, Universidad de Córdoba, National Science Foundation, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2020
• Subjects: Antarctic; Argentina; Chubut; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1565; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ajb2.1565; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/ajb2.1565; https://bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/am-pdf/10.1002/ajb2.1565

Premise Solanaceae is a scientifically and economically important angiosperm family with a minimal fossil record and an intriguing early evolutionary history. Here, we report a newly discovered fossil lantern fruit with a suite of features characteristic of Physalideae within Solanaceae. The fossil...