Open AccessDioscorea manchesteri Kvaček, sp. nov., a new fossil species from the early Miocene flora of North Bohemia (Czech Republic)
Author(s) -
Zlatko Kvaček
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
acta palaeobotanica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.259
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 2082-0259
pISSN - 0001-6594
DOI - 10.2478/acpa-2019-0017
Subject(s) - dioscoreaceae , neogene , dioscorea , subtropics , temperate climate , perennial plant , extant taxon , genus , botany , paleontology , biology , structural basin , ecology , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , evolutionary biology
Using the morphology of fin-winged fruits and accompanying foliage, the author characterizes a new fossil species, Dioscorea manchesteri Kvaček, sp. nov. (Dioscoreaceae), recovered from early Miocene deposits of the Most Basin (North Bohemia, Czech Republic). Dioscorea manchesteri matches the extant Dioscorea polystachya Turcz. in its fruit and foliage morphology. This perennial climbing vine native to China now grows throughout East Asia (Japan, Korea, Kuril Islands, Vietnam) in warm temperate to subtropical climate. The record of Dioscorea manchesteri is the first record of this genus in the European Neogene.