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Large‐fruited Salicaceae s.l. from the Miocene tuff of the Eichelskopf, northern Hessen, Germany
Author(s) -
Manchester S. R.,
Hottenrott M.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
feddes repertorium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1522-239X
pISSN - 0014-8962
DOI - 10.1002/fedr.200911116
Subject(s) - apex (geometry) , salicaceae , genus , botany , taxon , geography , biology , geology , woody plant
Reexamination of Saccoglottis kayseri ( Schindehütte ) Kirchheimer from the Miocene tuff of the Eichelskopf southeast of Homberg an der Efze in northern Hessen, Germany, indicates that the species was incorrectly attributed to Humiriaceae. The large ovoid fruits are 6‐ and 7‐valved capsules bearing numerous seeds in parietal position. The outer surface is hexagonally or heptagonally ridged. Each valve of the capsule bears a broad, ventral longitudinal band that is densely punctate indicating the position of numerous seeds. These characters point to affinities with the Salicaceae s.l. (incl. most former Flacourtiaceae), and match particularly well with Itoa L., which is distributed today in southern China and eastern Malesia. However, the fruit valves appear to separate only from the apical end, rather than both from base and apex which is a feature of fruits in the Itoa‐Carrierea‐Poliothyrsis group. We treat the fruits as a new genus of Salicaceae, Schindehuettea gen. nov. under the binomial Schindehuettea kayseri ( Schindehütte ) Manchester . (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)