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Neogene plant fossils from low latitudes of China are critical for understanding the history of plant diversity and paleoenvironment in that region. Here we describe well-preserved  Cercis  fruit fossils from the Fotan Group (~14.7 Ma) in Fujian, southeastern China. Based on detailed morphological and anatomical comparisons with extant and fossil species, we refer to these fossils as  Cercis zhangpuensis  sp. nov.  Cercis zhangpuensis , most similar to  C. chinensis  A.V. Bunge among extant species of the genus. The currently described species is the southmost fossil record of the genus in Asia. In addition, we have studied cuticle structures of  Cercis  pod fossils for the first time. The occurrence of  Cercis  fossils indicates that the genus existed in Fujian, China since the middle Miocene. Available fossil records indicate that  Cercis  firstly appeared in North America during the Eocene, then spread in Europe and Asia since the Oligocene, with its distribution attaining the peak in the Miocene. We conclude that East Asia may represent one of the major centres of diversification of  Cercis  in the Miocene.

A new Cercis (Leguminosae) from the middle Miocene of Fujian, China