Sloanea

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 : 95

Sloanea L.

Sloanea belongs to tropical–subtropical elements spread in Asia to Australia, Madagascar and tropical America today, which was recognized by its characteristic fruits also in Cenozoic deposits in North America ( Manchester and Kvaček 2009), Greenland and Europe ( Reid and Chandler 1933, Rasky 1962, Kvaček et al. 2001). More than 120 extant species have been reported and the modern affinities at the species level are still under discussion. Similarly representatives of fossil species, particularly the whole plants based on fruits and foliage, are difficult to delimit and recognize. In the Bohemian Palaeogene two species have been described based on foliage and both occur in the Kučlín flora. Sloanea nimrodi and S. artocarpites . Besides, two kinds of fruits are associated there, which are newly characterized below.