Chaneya palaeogaea (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 : 103

Chaneya palaeogaea (ETTINGSHAUSEN) KVAČEK et TEODORIDIS comb.n.

Pl. 10, fig. 4

1868 Diospyros palaeogaea ETTINGSHAUSEN , p. 45 (basionym), pro parte, pl. 38, fig. 25 (non pl. 38, fig. 32 leaf, pl. 38, fig. 26 fruit).

L e c t o t y p e: BP 56.1133.1 refigured in pl. 10, fig. 4 selected here.

Pentamerous corolla with attached fruit in the centre, petals narrow acuminate, up to 17 mm in length, fruit globular, 3 mm in diameter.

D i s c u s s i o n: As stated above, the fossil genus Chaneya was established on the detached pentamerous persistent corollas previsouly assigned to Porana . The true position of these remains was recognized after a more detailed study of the type collection from the Middle Miocene of Europe ( Teodoridis and Kvaček 2005). The genus was also recognized in Palaeogene of Europe and Asia ( Wang and Manchester 2000). The new record from Kučlín differs from the prevously described species by narrow acuminate sepals and overall smaller dimensions.

M a t e r i a l: BP 56.1133 .1 (lectotype) .

Simaroubaceae