Magnolia longipetiolata ETTINGSHAUSEN

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 : 90

Magnolia longipetiolata ETTINGSHAUSEN

Pl. 3, fig. 2, pl. 4, fig. 1,? pl. 9, figs 1-2.

? 1866 Ficus hercules ETTINGSHAUSEN , p. 74, pl. 21, fig. 1.

? 1868 Rhododendron haueri ETTINGSHAUSEN , p. 50, pl.39, fig. 19.

1869 Magnolia longipetiolata ETTINGSHAUSEN , p. 9, pl. 41, fig. 8-9.

1990 Magnolia longipetiolata ETTINGSHAUSEN ; Bůžek et al., p. 172, fig. 3.21.

? 2001 Rhododendron haueri ETTINGSHAUSEN ; Hably et al., p.33, pl. 28, fig. 1.

? 2001 Ficus hercules ETTINGSHAUSEN ; Hably et al., p. 23, pl. 15, fig. 3.

Leaves simple, petiole stout, long, exceeding the length of 25 mm, lamina lanceolate, more than 25 cm. Venation eucamptodromous. Midrib stout, straight, secondaries quite dense, much thinner and steep, venation of higher order reticulate, not well discernible.

D i s c u s s i o n: These slender and long petiolate leaves ascribed by Ettingshausen to this morphotype are typical elements of the Kučlín flora and may indeed belong to the magnolias. Unfortunately, there is no evidence by epidermal anatomy to verify this identification..

M a t e r i a l: BP 59.1113.1, BP 55.2367.1, KUC 442,

NM G 8640a, b, G 8672a.