Diospyros? microcalyx (ETTINGSHAUSEN) KVAČEK et TEODORIDIS 2011

Kvaček, Zlatko & Teodoridis, Vasilis, 2011, The Late Eocene Flora Of Kučlín Near Bílina In North Bohemia Revisited, Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae Series B 67 (3 - 4), pp. 83-144 : 104-105

Diospyros? microcalyx (ETTINGSHAUSEN) KVAČEK et TEODORIDIS comb. n.

Pl. 13, figs 10-18

1868 Macreightia microcalyx ETTINGSHAUSEN , p. 46, pl. 39, figs 2-5 (basionym).

2001 Macreightia microcalyx ETTINGSHAUSEN ; Hably et al., p. 28, pl. 19. figs 3, 4, Pl. 20, fig. 3.

Detached tripartite calyces laterally compressed, parly shortly stipitate, joining narrow lanceolate sepals without any remains of fruits; some may be more than tripartite, like Chaneya palaeogaea described above

D i s c u s s i o n: The above described remains were interpreted by Ettingshausen (1868) as belonging to Diosyros subgen. Macreightia . The state of preservation does not allow verifying his view. The leaves we associate with Diospyros? microcalyx indeed have similarities to Diospyros in general. Calyces of Diospyros? microcalyx belong to the frequent fossils at Kučlín.

M a t e r i a l: BP 55.2342.1, 55.2500.1, numerous specimens at NM and DB.

Apocynaceae (vel? Lythraceae )