Platanus neptuni (ETTINGSHAUSEN) BŮŽEK, HOLÝ et KVAČEK

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 : 94

Platanus neptuni (ETTINGSHAUSEN) BŮŽEK, HOLÝ et KVAČEK

Pl. 5, figs 7-11

1866 Sparganium netpuni ETTINGSHAUSEN , p. 31, pl. 7, figs 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18.

1866 Myirca reussii ETTINGSHAUSEN , p. 44, pl. 14, fig. 4.

1868 Hedycarya europaea ETTINGSHAUSEN , p. 3, partim, pl. 30, fig. 4.

1868? Banksia ungeri ETTINGSHAUSEN ; Ettingshausen, p. 16 (s.ic.).

1869 Ceratopetalum bilinicum ETTINGSHAUSEN , p. 6, pl. 40, figs 26, 30, 31.

1869 Bombax chorisiaefolium ETTINGSHAUSEN , p. 11, pl. 42, figs 2, 4, 5.

1869 Celastrus deucalionis ETTINGSHAUSEN , p. 33, pl. 48, fig. 15.

1869? Celastrus acherontis ETTINGSHAUSEN , p. 33, pl. 48, fig. 9.

1869 Cunonia bilinica ETTINGSHAUSEN , p. 64, pl. 55, fig. 21.

1869 Ternstroemia bilinica ETTINGSHAUSEN , p. 17, pl. 47, figs 8, 9, 10.

1869? Elaeodendron persei UNGER; Ettingshausen, p. 36, pl. 48, fig. 25, pl. 49, fig. 11.

? 1869 Elaeodendron degener (UNGER) ETTINGSHAUSEN ; Ettingshausen, p. 37, pl. 49, fig.5,7, 8, 9, 10.

? 1869 Ceratopetalum haeringianum ETTINGSHAUSEN ; Ettingshausen, p. 6, pl. 40, figs 27, 28, pl. 41, figs 4, 5.

1869 Maytenus europaea ETTINGSHAUSEN , p. 31, pl. 48, figs 10, 11, 13.

? 1869 Sapindus fraxinifolius ETTINGSHAUSEN , p. 26, pl. 46, figs 24, 25, 26, pl. 47, fig. 12.

1869 Hippocratea bilinica ETTINGSHAUSEN ,p. 38 pro parte, pl. 49, fig. 14.

1869 Rhus hydrophila (UNGER) ETTINGSHAUSEN ; Ettingshausen, p. 49, pl. 51, fig. 3 ( Platanus neptuni mf. fraxinifolia ).

1967 Platanus neptuni (ETTINGSHAUSEN) BŮŽEK, HOLÝ et KVAČEK , p 205, pl. 1. figs 1-4, 6 (non 5 – Sloanea artocarpites ), pls 2-4.

1990 Platanus neptuni (ETTINGSHAUSEN) BŮŽEK, HOLÝ et KVAČEK ; Bůžek, Fejfar, Konzalová, Kvaček, p.172, figs 3.4-7.

2001 Platanus neptuni (ETTINGSHAUSEN) BŮŽEK, HOLÝ et KVAČEK ; Hably et al. p. 12, pl. 3, fig. 4;p. 14, pl. 5, figs 1- 2, p. 17, pl. 8, fig. 1, p. 25, pl. 17, fig. 2; p. 28, pl. 21, figs 2, 4, 5; p. 36, pl. 32, figs 2, 6; pp. 37-38, pl. 33, figs 4, 5, pl. 34, figs 2, 3, 5, pl. 35, figs 1, 2; p. 39, pl. 38, fig. 2; p. 47, pl. 51, figs 3, 4; p. 52, pl. 60, fig. 3.

2002a Platanus neptuni (ETTINGSHAUSEN) BŮŽEK, HOLÝ et KVAČEK ; Kvaček, p. 222, pl. 3, fig. 7.

2004 Platanus neptuni (ETTINGSHAUSEN) BŮŽEK, HOLÝ et KVAČEK mf. neptun i, p. 19, figs 2g, h, 3b; Platanus neptuni (ETTINGSHAUSEN) BŮŽEK, HOLÝ et KVAČEK mf. reussii (ETTINGSHAUSEN) KVAČEK et MANCHESTER p. 19, figs, 5a, b, c, f; Platanus neptuni (ETTINGSHAUSEN) BŮŽEK, HOLÝ et KVAČEK mf. fraxinifolia (JOHNSON et GILMORE) KVAČEK et MANCHESTER, p. 19, figs 7b, c.

2007 Platanus neptuni (ETTINGSHAUSEN) BŮŽEK, HOLÝ et KVAČEK ; Kvaček and Teodoridis , p. 384, figs 2. G, H.

2008 Platanus neptuni (ETTINGSHAUSEN) BŮŽEK, HOLÝ et KVAČEK ; Kvaček, 94, pl. 1, figs 5-7.

Globular male inflorescens and female infructescences on single stalks. Foliage twigs with alternate leaves attach- ed to the twig by an enlarged petiole enveloping the axilary bud. Leaves simple or trifoliolate (quiquefoliolate outside Kučlín), usually crenate to creanulate, rarely entire. Stipules only decayed on the top, strap-like (for more detailed description see Kvaček and Manchester 2004).

D i s c u s s i o n: Kučlín is the type locality of this unusual plane with oblanceolate leaves common and distinctive inflorescences in the Eocene to Miocene of Europe ( Walther 1985). One of the Kučlin specimens is important in showing the alternate phylotaxy of unifoliolate leaves on a branching twig (Kvaček et al. 2001). This species is a successor of the still more ancient compound-leaved P. bella (HEER) KVAČEK, MANCHESTER et GUO (2001) known from the Palaeocene–Eocene of North America, Greenland and East Asia. Besides Kučlín, P. neptuni has been documented by its typical cuticular structure in various floras of Europe. In the Zeitz floras, it is known more often in the trifoliolatequinquefoliolate form ( Mai and Walther 1985, as Platanus fraxinifolia ). This ancient plane thrived abundantly on fertile volcanic soils (Markvartice, Ipolytarnóc) and mostly avoided fluviatile environment, contrary to the extant plane trees growing often at streams.

M a t e r i a l: BP 55.2321.1, 55.2337.1, 55.2349.1, 55.2427.1, 55.2423.1, 55.2437.1, 55.2445.1, 55.2484.1, 55.2494.1, 55.2491,1, 55.2498.1, 56.1220.1, 59.119.1, 59.1144.1, 59.1148.1; NM G 427, G 432-4, G 417, G 418, G 4635, G 4837, G 5061, G 7565, G 8114, G 8478, G 8665-71.

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