Botanical affinity of Angiosperm pollen grains described from the Cuayuca Formation. Total number of genera (No. G) and species (spp.) reported currently in the Balsas River Basin region taken from Fernández-Nava et al. (1998).
BOTANICAL AFFINITY
Balsas River Basin region
No. G (spp.)
MONOCOTYLEDONEAE
Arecipites
Arecaceae
2(3)
Liliacidites
Liliaceae,
Amaryllidaceae,
Bromeliaceae
23(62)
11(49)
7 (59)
Monocolpopollenties aff. texensis
Monocotyledoneae
Monoporopollenites
Gramineae.
84 (253)
DICOTYLEDONEAE
Armeria
Armeria (Plumbaginaceae)
Bombacacidites
Bombacaceae
Sterculiaceae
Tiliaceae
3(5)
8 (21)
5 (19)
Casuarinidites
Casuarina (Casuarinaceae)
(1)
Chenopodipollis
Amaranthaceae
Chenopodiaceae
6 (20)
1 (4)
Corsinipollenites
Onagraceae.
8 (29)
Clavainaperturites
Croton (Euphorbiaceae)
(11)
Eucommia pollen type
Eucommia (Eucommiaceae)
Fabaceae pollen type
Fabaceae
90 (486)
Favitricolporites sp.
Aeschynomene (Fabaceae)
(13)
Glycydendron pollen type
Glycydendron (Euphorbiaceae)
Intratriporopollenites
Mortoniodendron (Graham, 1979) or Fremontodendron (Sterculiaceae)