<i>Maiella miocaenica</i>gen. et sp. nov., a New Heather Genus (Ericeae, Ericaceae) from the Central European Miocene

Kowalski, Radosław Kajetan

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“…-Pollen tetrads of this and the following type definitely belong to the Ericaceae, but we are currently unable to affiliate them with certainty to a particular genus. They could also represent extinct lineages (e.g Kowalski & Fagúndez 2017).…”

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Combined LM and SEM study of the middle Miocene (Sarmatian) palynoflora from the Lavanttal Basin, Austria: Part V. Magnoliophyta 3 – Myrtales to Ericales

Grímsson

Bouchal

Xafis

et al. 2020

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The continued investigation of the middle Miocene palynoflora from the Lavanttal Basin reveals numerous additional angiosperm taxa. The Myrtales to Ericales pollen record documented here comprises 46 different taxa belonging to (Rehderodendron) and Symplocaceae (Symplocos). Köppen signatures of potential modern analogues of the additional fossil woody elements confirm the hypothesis of a subtropical (Cfa, Cwa) climate at lower elevations and subsequent transition into a temperate climate with altitudinal succession (Cfa → Cfb/Dfa → Dfb; Cwa → Cwb → Dwbclimate). The fossil plants represent different vegetation units, from wetland lowlands to well-drained montane forests. Many of the fossil taxa have potential modern analogues that can be classified as nemoral and/or meridio-nemoral and/or semihumid-meridional vegetation elements. New is the recognition of oreotropical elements, which are direct indicators for a substantial altitudinal gradient.

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Combined LM and SEM study of the middle Miocene (Sarmatian) palynoflora from the Lavanttal Basin, Austria: Part V. Magnoliophyta 3 – Myrtales to Ericales

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Bouchal

Xafis

et al. 2020

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“…However, regarding the morphology of the seed and relation between the fruit and seed size, the relationship to Enkianthus is probable. An empty capsule from the Miocene of Gozdnica/Poland was also reported (Łańcucka-Środoniowa et al D e s c r i p t i o n a n d r e m a r k s a n d f o ss i l o c c u r r e n c e i n P o l a n d. (see Kowalski & Fagúndez 2017).…”

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“…In the present monograph more than 3000 specimens were studied (Lubstów A, B, C -ca 2686 specimens; Gosławice and Pątnów -ca 405 specimens), and as a result 59 taxa (including the 16 taxa reported before - Kowalski 2008, Kowalski & Fagúndez 2017 were recognised, revised and documented (Lubstów -52; Gosławice and Pątnów -23) (Tab. 1).…”

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Miocene carpological floras of the Konin region (Central Poland)

Kowalski¹

2017

Acta Palaeobotanica

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ABSTRACT. Carbonaceous, three-dimensionally preserved macroscopic plant remains from the Lubstów, Gosławice and Pątnów brown coal open-pit mines are described and illustrated, providing a comprehensive elaboration of the middle Miocene carpological floras of the Konin region. The diaspores represent the following families: Pinaceae, Sciadopityaceae, Cupressaceae, Annonaceae, Cabombaceae, Nymphaeaceae, Araceae, Typhaceae, Cyperaceae, Vitaceae, Rosaceae, Rhamnaceae, Fagaceae, Myricaceae, Cornaceae, Nyssaceae, Symplocaceae, Ericaceae, Araliaceae, and Adoxaceae. Forty-two species were recognised or documented for the first time in the Konin region. Two genera, three species and three morphotypes are described as new taxa.Most of these plant remains represent azonal vegetation. Ericaceous bogs, pine bogs and mixed coniferous bogs, accompanied by Gyptostrobus swamp forests and various aquatic plant communities, are suggested as the most widespread vegetation types. Remains representing mesophytic, zonal vegetation, resembling extant evergreen broad-leaved and mixed mesophytic forests, are sparse. A Sciadopitys raised bog, a mixed coniferous bog subtype, was one of the important biomass sources forming the brown coal of the I-Middle Polish seam group. Other bog types recognised in Lubstów presumably also played a part in this process. Wildfire is suggested as an important factor controlling the Miocene vegetation of the Konin region.The floristic composition and lithostratigraphy indicate the Badenian age (16.3-12.8 Ma) for the studied floras, but radiometric data suggest that two Lubstów floras are older and one is younger than 13.6 Ma. Biostratigraphically, Lubstów floras were correlated with the Klettwitz -Salzhausen floristic complex. Based on several climatic indicators and biostratigraphic correlation, the climate is estimated to have been humid, warm-temperate or subtropical.The upper Miocene lower Rhenish Basin floras are the most comparable in floristic and plant communities' composition. Tropical -subtropical, Mediterranean and extinct genera represent approximately 40% of the genera identified in Lubstów.

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“…Just 21 of the species are found in Central and Western Europe, Macaronesia, the Mediterranean and the Middle East. This species-poor assemblage nevertheless most likely represents the ancestral area of the clade (McGuire & Kron, 2005;Mugrabi de Kuppler et al, 2015;Kowalski & Fagúndez, 2017) where the oldest lineages began to diversify c. 30 Ma (Pirie et al, 2016). From around 15 Ma, a single lineage dispersed across different biomes of the Afrotemperate (sensu White, 1981): today 23 species are known from the high mountains of Tropical Africa; 51 in Southern Africa's Drakensberg Mountains; c. 41 in Madagascar and the Mascarene islands; and c. 690 in the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa (Oliver, 2012;Pirie et al, 2016).…”

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Leaps and bounds: geographical and ecological distance constrained the colonisation of the Afrotemperate by Erica

Pirie

Kandziora

Nuerk

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The coincidence of long distance dispersal and biome shift is assumed to be the result of a multifaceted interplay between geographical distance and ecological suitability of source and sink areas. Here, we test the influence of these factors on the dispersal history of the flowering plant genus Erica (Ericaceae) across the Afrotemperate. We quantify similarity of Erica climate niches per biogeographic area using direct observations of species, and test various colonisation scenarios while estimating ancestral areas for the Erica clade using parametric biogeographic model testing. We infer that the overall dispersal history of Erica across the Afrotemperate is the result of infrequent colonisation limited by geographic proximity and niche similarity. However, the Drakensberg Mountains represent a colonisation sink, rather than acting as a “stepping stone” between more distant and ecologically dissimilar Cape and Tropical African regions. Strikingly, the most dramatic examples of species radiations in Erica were the result of single unique dispersals over longer distances between ecologically dissimilar areas, contradicting the rule of phylogenetic biome conservatism. These results highlight the importance of rare biome shifts, in which a unique dispersal event fuels evolutionary radiation.

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Maiella miocaenicagen. et sp. nov., a New Heather Genus (Ericeae, Ericaceae) from the Central European Miocene

Cited by 7 publications

References 26 publications

Combined LM and SEM study of the middle Miocene (Sarmatian) palynoflora from the Lavanttal Basin, Austria: Part V. Magnoliophyta 3 – Myrtales to Ericales

Combined LM and SEM study of the middle Miocene (Sarmatian) palynoflora from the Lavanttal Basin, Austria: Part V. Magnoliophyta 3 – Myrtales to Ericales

Miocene carpological floras of the Konin region (Central Poland)

Leaps and bounds: geographical and ecological distance constrained the colonisation of the Afrotemperate by Erica

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