Spiraea aff. cana WALDST. et KIT., 1812

Denk, Thomas, Sami, Marco, Teodoridis, Vasilis & Martinetto, Edoardo, 2022, The Late Early Pleistocene Flora Of Oriolo, Faenza (Italy): Assembly Of The Modern Forest Biome, Fossil Imprint 78 (1), pp. 217-262 : 228-230

Spiraea aff. cana WALDST. et KIT., 1812

Text-fig. 6d

M a t e r i a l. Oriolo MSF 644, 944.

D e s c r i p t i o n. Leaf, simple, petiolate, petiole short and bent, lamina obovate, 17 mm long, 9 mm wide, base obtuse, apex obtuse, secondary vein spacing irregular, two opposite basal secondary veins running to upper third of lamina, secondary venation brochidodromous, upper half or upper third of lamina with teeth, teeth with long basal and short apical side.

R e m a r k s. The fossil leaves are very similar to the modern species S. cana native to Northeastern Italy and the northwestern Balkan Peninsula (Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www. plantsoftheworldonline.org/ retrieved September 18 th, 2021). Similarities also exist with S. blumei G.DON, 1832 ( East Asia) .

Figures

Text-fig. 6. a: cf. Rubus sp., leaflet Oriolo MSF 676. b, c: cf. Sorbus. b: Oriolo MSF 821. c: MSF 677. d: Spiraea aff. cana Oriolo MSF 944. e: Rhamnus aff. cathartica Oriolo MSF 909. f–l: Ulmus affinis. f: Oriolo MSF 717. g: Oriolo MSF 725. h: Oriolo MSF 724. i: Oriolo MSF 721. j: Oriolo MSF 723. k: Oriolo MSF 637. l: Oriolo MSF 722. m: Zelkova zelkovifolia Oriolo 28 MSF 633. Scale bars 10 mm (a–f, m), 50 mm (g–l).