Orontium sp.

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 : 92

cf. Orontium sp.

Pl. 3, figs 5-6

Leaf simple, oblong, ca 10 mm wide, length incomplete, margin entire, venation subparallel, ca 3 parallel veins run on either side of the thin midrib and fuse with it. Venation of higher order not preserved.

D i s c u s s i o n: Orontium belongs to very ancient simple-leaved Araceae ( Bogner et al. 2007) and has not been recognized so far in the Tertiary of Europe. Although the available leaf fragment is very incomplete, it matches in the main venation pattern with the representatives of this genus from the Late Cretaceous and Early Paleogene of North America ( Bogner et al. 2007).

M a t e r i a l: KUC230.

Smilacaceae