Brasenites

Brasenites kansense was a species of aquatic plant, which occurred in the early Cretaceous period of the United States of America.

Description

Vegetative characteristics

Brasenites kansense has suborbicular to orbicular, petiolate, peltate leaves with entire margins. The orbicular leaves are 6–8 cm wide, and the suborbicular leaves are 7.5-12.2 cm long, and 6–10.1 cm wide. The leaf venation is actinodromous.

Taxonomy

Publication

It was published by Hongshan Wang and David L. Dilcher in 2006.

Type specimen

The type specimen was collected in Barton County, Kansas, USA.

Position within Nymphaeales

It is placed in the family Cabombaceae.

Etymology

The generic name Brasenites expresses an association to the genus Brasenia. The specific epithet kansense refers to Kansas, USA.