Nymphaeaceae

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

Nymphaeaceae gen.

Pl. 2, figs 4-5

2002a Nymphaeaceae gen.; Kvaček, p. 222, pl. 1, fig. 2, pl. 4, fig. 2

Imperfectly preserved rounded leaves up to 5 cm in diameter with actinodromous venation.

D i s c u s s i o n: Such fossils have been usually referred to Nelumbo on account of seemingly peltate attachment of the lamina to the petiole. They apparently belong to the same plants at Kučlín that left various seeds and rhizome remains as described above, in which case they should be removed from Nelumbaceae to the Nymphaeaceae . The bilateral symmetry of the veins within the lamina (Pl. 2, fig. 4) is consistent with Nymphaeaceae , and readily distinguished from Nuphar which has more strictly radial venation. The preservation of the venation and overall morphology is very poor due to long time of decay in the sediment. We do not attempt any detailed comparisons to better preserved fossils of this kind previously described from the Tertiary of Europe.

M a t e r i a l: NMG 8638, G 8639.

Magnoliaceae