Nymphaea polyrhiza SAPORTA

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

Nymphaea polyrhiza SAPORTA

Pl. 2, figs 6-8

1862 Nymphaea polyrhiza SAPORTA ; p. 177, 236, pl. 10, fig. 1.

1869 Nymphaea polyrhiza SAPORTA ; Ettingshausen, p. 11, pl. 41, figs 16, 17.

1869 Nymphaea gypsorum SAPORTA ; Ettingshausen, p. 11, pl. 41, fig. 15.

2001 Nymphaea polyrhiza SAPORTA ; Hably et al., p.56, pl. 69, figs 6-7.

Rounded to polygonal irregularly shaped traces of attachments of petioles to rhizomes leaving characteristic grouping of rounded variously sized traces on the surface.

D i s c u s s i o n: The affinity to the Nymphaeaceae is most probable but the remains can hardly characterize individual natural species. Similar petiole outlines with vascular bundle marks have been attributed to Nuphar from the Oligocene of Montana and Oregon ( Becker 1969; Meyer and Manchester 1997).

M a t e r i a l: BP 55.2345.1, 56.1236.1, NM G 8635,

NM G 8657a, G 4836.