Revision Of The Early Oligocene Flora Of Hrazený Hill (Formerly Pirskenberg) In Knížecí Near Šluknov, North Bohemia
Author
Kvaček, Zlatko
Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Albertov 6, CZ - 128 43 Praha 2, the Czech Republic; e-mail: kvacek @ natur. cuni. cz;
Author
Teodoridis, Vasilis
Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Education, Magdalény Rettigové 4, CZ - 116 39 Praha 1, the Czech Republic; e-mail: vasilis. teodoridis @ pedf. cuni. cz;
Author
Zajícová, Jana
Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Albertov 6, CZ - 128 43 Praha 2, the Czech Republic; e-mail: jana. zajicova @ natur. cuni. cz.
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Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae Series B
2015
2015-10-31
71
1 - 2
55
102
http://dx.doi.org/10.14446/amnp.2015.55
journal article
10.14446/AMNP.2015.55
2533-4069
13182943
Acer angustilobum
HEER
Pl. 6, Fig. 7, Pl. 18, Fig. 2–3
1859
Acer angustilobum
HEER
, p. 57, pl. 117, fig. 25a, pl. 118, fig. 4–9.
1961
Acer
cf.
angustilobum
HEER
; Knobloch, p. 285, pl. 9, fig. 4, pl. 11, fig. 4.
Leaves deeply tricuspidate, blades 19 to more than
65 mm
long and
22–74 mm
wide, lobes of almost the same width, with subparallel margins, widely simple dentate. Abaxial cuticle fine papillate.
D i s c u s s i o n. Maple leaves with a prominently double dentate middle lobe have usually been assigned to
Acer palaeosaccharinum
STUR
but transitional forms connect them with typical
Acer angustilobum
with only simple dentation on the main lobe. Both fossil morpho-types are connected with transition as expressed in the Procházka’s monographs (
Procházka 1952
,
Procházka and Bůžek 1975
) by establishing infraspecific taxa (
Acer palaeosaccharinum
forma
subplatanoides
PROCHÁZKA
et
BŮŽEK
and
forma
subdasycarpoides
PROCHÁZKA
et
BŮŽEK
). We apply the same system as in
Knobloch (1961)
and maintain both fossil species independently. The epidermal structure obtained from one fragmentary specimen corresponds exactly to the structure described for
A. angustilobum
from Seifhennersdorf (
Walther and Kvaček 2007
, p. 117). We follow this treatment stressing that foliage from the České středohoří Moutains assigned to
A. angustilobum
is difficult to discriminate from some forms of
A. palaeosaccharinum
as described below, which differ in epidermal anatomy (
Walther 1972
).
M a t e r i a l s t u d i e d: Leaf impressions, NM-G2877,
NM-G2993, NM-G8607, NM-G11505a, b, EK 363–371.