Cedrelospermum leptospermum (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 : 97

Cedrelospermum leptospermum (ETTINGSHAUSEN) MANCHESTER

Pl. 6, figs 14-15.

1853 Embothrites leptospermos ETTINGSHAUSEN , p. 51, pl. 14, figs 15-25.

1987a Cedrelospermum leptospermum (ETTINGSHAUSEN) MANCHESTER, p. 122, pro parte (non pl. 1, figs 1-4, pl. 2, fig. 11).

1989 Cedrelospermum aquense (SAPORTA) SAPORTA ; Manchester, p. 270, pro parte, only fig. 41 (refigured type of Embothrites leptospermos ETTINGSHAUSEN , p.51, pl. 14, fig. 21).

2002a Cedrelospermum leptospermum (ETTINGSHAUSEN) MANCHESTER; Kvaček, p. 223, pro parte, only pl. 2, fig. 10.

2003 Cedrelospermum leptospermum (ETTINGSHAUSEN) MANCHESTER emend. Wilde and Manchester, p. 148, pl. 1, figs 1-2.

L e c t o t y p e: NHMV Ett. 13, Häring, Ettingshausen 1853, pl. 14, fig. 21, Manchester 1989, fig. 45 (selected by Wilde and Manchester 2003).

Samaras 9–11 mm long and 4–5 mm wide containing a flattened elliptical endocarp 1.5–2 x 2.5 mm in size basally and a slightly oblique oblong wing laterally attached to the fruit body. The wing shows distally a minute stigmatic cleft. Venation of the wing is not apparent due to poor preservation.

D i s c u s s i o n: The three specimens from Kučlín match in size and form the more numerous fruits from Häring (late Eocene) and do not differ from incomplete samaras found in the middle Eocene of Messel ( Wilde and Manchester 2003, Collinson et al, in prep.). The Oligocene fruits from Aix-en-Provence ( Saporta 1889), Rott ( Manchester 1987a) and the Lower–Middle Miocene from Randeck ( Rüffle 1963) and Parschlug ( Kovar-Eder et al. 2004) exceed in size of fruits all three Eocene populations and are attributed to different species ( Kovar-Eder et al 2004).

M a t e r i a l: MMG KIN 192, NM G 7894, DB KUC

116.