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{"title":"New Features of Cyclocarya brownii Manchester & Dilcher from the Late Paleocene of North Dakota, USA","authors":"K. Pigg, M. Devore, Witt Taylor","doi":"10.1086/724496","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/724496","url":null,"abstract":"Premise of research. Fossil infructescences of the late Paleocene Cyclocarya brownii (Juglandaceae) and winged fruits with newly recognized anatomical structure are described from Almont and Beicegel Creek, North Dakota. These fossils demonstrate that C. brownii has many similarities to extant Cyclocarya paliurus but differs in several morphological and anatomical features. Comparisons of the fossil record of Cyclocarya document the transition of characters in the evolution of the oldest extant genus of Juglandaceae. Methodology. Fossils were digitally imaged with reflected light microscopy (LM). Some specimens were embedded in Ward’s Bio-Plastic synthetic resin, sectioned into wafers, mounted on microscope slides, and imaged with reflected LM. Permineralized specimens from the Beicegel Creek site were prepared with the cellulose acetate peel technique, mounted on microscope slides, and imaged with transmitted LM. Extant fruits of C. paliurus were photographed from freshly collected material. Pivotal results. Infructescences of C. brownii differ from those of modern C. paliurus in several ways. The fossils are racemes with crowded fruits borne on elongate pedicels. In contrast, extant C. paliurus has spikes bearing fewer fruits per infructescence (10 vs. 23). Fruit wall anatomy is similar to that of extant and other known fossil species of Cyclocarya but is more complex and has a distinctive idioblast layer not present in extant Cyclocarya. Fossil pollen is triporate in contrast to the tetraporate pollen in extant Cyclocarya. As in extant Cyclocarya, pollen is borne both in staminate catkins and occasionally in stamens attached to fruits. We document a fossil fruit with stamens bearing pollen. This feature, sporadic in extant Cyclocarya, was also present in the Paleogene. Conclusions. Late Paleocene C. brownii differs in comparison with extant C. paliurus and related fossil forms in infructescence architecture, fruit size and symmetry, fruit wall anatomy, and pollen aperture number. Trends in character evolution from the Paleogene to the present day include (1) changes from helically arranged, densely distributed pedicellate fruits to sessile fruits borne singly along a slender axis, (2) transition from pyramidal to round nutlets with (3) equatorial versus basal wing attachment, (4) a change in pollen aperture number from three to four, and (5) simplification of the fruit wall in extant Cyclocarya.","PeriodicalId":14306,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80425922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Genetic and Floral Trait Changes in Oenothera organensis (Onagraceae) during Long-Term Ex Situ Cultivation","authors":"Bing Li, J. Fant, Jacob Zeldin, Krissa A. Skogen, Kayri Havens","doi":"10.1086/724225","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/724225","url":null,"abstract":"Premise of research. This study examines the potential effects of long-term ex situ cultivation on genetic variation and floral traits using a rare endemic species, Oenothera organensis (Onagraceae), which has been cultivated ex situ since the 1930s. Ex situ conservation in botanic gardens is an important approach to safeguard endangered plant species, especially given current threats to global biodiversity from climate change and habitat destruction. The genetic consequences of ex situ living plant cultivation include reduction in genetic diversity and inbreeding depression owing to population bottlenecks. In addition, ex situ populations might experience trait changes because of shifted or relaxed selection pressure. These changes can cause fitness declines or failure when ex situ populations are reintroduced into the wild. This study examines potential drawbacks of ex situ cultivation by focusing on neutral genetic diversity and floral traits. Methodology. To test the potential effects of ex situ cultivation on neutral genetic diversity, we used eight microsatellite markers to examine the genetic composition of multiple ex situ and wild populations of O. organensis. In addition, we applied a common-garden experiment to examine floral traits and phenology of ex situ and wild-derived populations to test whether ex situ cultivation can shift or increase the variance of floral traits. Pivotal results. The ex situ populations of O. organensis generally had reduced neutral genetic diversity and failed to capture all of the alleles observed in the wild populations. High pairwise relatedness in the ex situ population also indicated potential inbreeding. Cultivated ex situ plants exhibited higher variability in floral traits and shifted phenotypic distribution compared with wild-derived plants, which may be due to relaxed or shifted selection pressure. Conclusions. Without careful consideration and maintenance to preserve genetic variation and traits in plant populations, long-term ex situ cultivation can reduce neutral genetic diversity and change the phenotypes of conserved lineages. Most guidelines for ex situ conservation focus on increasing population sizes and pooling genetic diversity from multiple sources to maintain diversity. Our study demonstrates that relaxed or shifted selection in an ex situ setting may lead to shifted phenotypes, so management practices should also maintain ex situ plants under conditions that are as close as possible to the natural settings.","PeriodicalId":14306,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86769193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"First Fossil Mallow Flower from Asia","authors":"Taposhi Hazra, S. Bera, M. Khan","doi":"10.1086/723603","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/723603","url":null,"abstract":"Premise of research. Malvaceae, or the mallows, are well known from the Cenozoic sediments of Asia and are represented by many fossil leaves, woods, fruits, and pollen. Until now, no fossil flower of Malvaceae has been reported from the Cenozoic sediments of Asia. The present study addresses this lacuna and documents the evidence of mallow fossil flowers from Asia for the first time. Methodology. Fossil flowers similar to modern flowers of Bombax L. (Malvaceae) were recovered from the latest Neogene (Pliocene) sediments of Chotanagpur Plateau, Jharkhand, eastern India. They were revealed by careful removal of the overlying matrix and studied under light microscopy. Pivotal results. The fossil flowers, characterized by irregularly lobed sepals, obovate-elliptic petals, numerous stamens bearing long filaments, and characteristic reniform anthers, are recognized as a new species, Bombax asiatica Hazra, Bera et Khan sp. nov. A morphological principal coordinates analysis and cladistic parsimony analysis based on floral morphological characters support this taxonomic assignment. Conclusions. This fossil evidence provides an important clue about the past diversity and paleobiogeography of the mallow family in the Indian Cenozoic. This finding and earlier reported Malvaceae fossils from the same locality also indicate the presence of tropical climate in Jharkhand, eastern India, during the time of deposition.","PeriodicalId":14306,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83338230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Out of Africa to Madagascar—Then Back? Molecular Phylogenetics and Biogeography of Tribe Tarchonantheae (Asteraceae: Tarchonanthoideae)","authors":"R. Kimball, Morgan R. Gostel, V. Funk, T. Lowrey, D. Crawford","doi":"10.1086/724334","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/724334","url":null,"abstract":"Premise of research. Molecular data have revolutionized inferences of phylogenetic relationships and historical biogeography of flowering plants. Two small genera, Brachylaena and Tarchonanthus, are the only members of Asteraceae tribe Tarchonantheae (subfamily Tarchonanthoideae). The tribe is morphologically distinct within Asteraceae and is resolved as monophyletic with molecular markers. It is distributed in southern Africa and Madagascar. The purposes of the present study were to determine whether molecular data resolve the two genera as monophyletic and to infer the origin and dispersals that produced the current distribution of the tribe. Methodology. Sequences from the nuclear ribosomal ITS and ETS and plastid rpl16 intron were analyzed using maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses to resolve phylogenetic relationships within the tribe. An ancestral trait reconstruction assessed the likely ancestral range for Tarchonantheae using BioGeoBEARS, and BEAST was used for dating divergence. Pivotal results. We resolved Tarchonanthus as a monophyletic group nested within Brachylaena, making the latter genus paraphyletic. All Malagasy species occurred within a strongly supported clade, but also resolved within the clade was the widely distributed African species Brachylaena huillensis. This indicates two dispersal events between Africa and Madagascar—either a single dispersal to Madagascar, followed by back dispersal to Africa, or two independent dispersals from Africa. Conclusions. Tarchonanthus is a monophyletic group nested within Brachylaena, rendering the latter genus paraphyletic. An initial dispersal of Brachylaena from Africa to Madagascar with subsequent speciation, followed by back dispersal to Africa, with minimal morphological divergence between the African species and its sister species in Madagascar could explain the current distribution of Brachylaena. Alternatively, there may have been two dispersal events to Madagascar from Africa during the Miocene, but all within the same subclade. Dispersal of flowering plants back to Africa from Madagascar is very rare, if not unprecedented. These dispersal events, and most diversification within the tribe, including the divergence of Tarchonanthus and Brachylaena, took place during the Miocene.","PeriodicalId":14306,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87514986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Contrasting Patterns of Genome Size Diversity in Island Endemic Artemisia (Asteraceae)","authors":"J. Pellicer, Pol Fernández","doi":"10.1086/724309","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/724309","url":null,"abstract":"Premise of research. Genome size has cascading effects at nuclear, cell, and whole-organism levels, with consequences in the biology of the species. Large genomes impose higher metabolic and energetic costs, which might be exceedingly limiting for species to thrive under stressing environments, such as island archipelagos. Methodology. We mined online databases to collate available data on chromosome numbers and genome sizes in the genus Artemisia, which colonized Macaronesia and Hawaii archipelagos. We applied phylogenetic-based modeling approaches to reconstruct the evolution of these two traits to estimate ancestral states as well as the main mechanisms of change. Pivotal results. On the basis of extant chromosome data, our analyses discard polyploidy as a likely mechanism for speciation in Macaronesia or Hawaii. However, contrasting genome size patterns are found. Hawaiian endemics account for the smallest genomes in Artemisia, while those of Macaronesian endemics fall well above the average size in the genus. Conclusions. The evidence gathered in Artemisia indicates that, rather than genome downsizing, the presence of small genomes most likely predated colonization of Hawaii, which could have been key for a long dispersal from an Asian ancestor. Such a pattern does not hold in Macaronesia, which is relatively closer to mainland compared with Hawaii, hence suggesting that geographical isolation might reduce the likelihood of a large-genomed taxon to successfully colonize remote island archipelagos.","PeriodicalId":14306,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75197999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Diversification and Biogeography of North American Thistles (Cirsium: Carduoideae: Compositae): Drivers of a Rapid Continent-Wide Radiation","authors":"C. Siniscalchi, Jennifer R. Ackerfield, R. Folk","doi":"10.1086/724310","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/724310","url":null,"abstract":"Premise of research. Cirsium (“thistles”), the most speciose genus in the Compositae (Asteraceae) subfamily Carduoideae native to North America, comprises a rapid endemic radiation. Hummingbird pollination is rare in Compositae, but approximately 10% of all Cirsium in North America are adapted to this pollination syndrome. Although Cirsium is an example of a continent-wide evolutionary radiation, the biotic and abiotic factors contributing to this remarkable diversification have never been studied. Methodology. Sixty-four taxa of Cirsium representing its distribution in North America were sequenced using the MYbaits Compositae 1061 1kv1 kit. These results were used to infer a time-calibrated phylogeny to estimate divergence times and diversification rates. Ancestral area reconstructions for eight biogeographical areas and 10 habitats were performed with BioGeoBEARS. A model-fitting approach was used to test whether (1) different environmental variables were related to diversification, (2) pollinator type was related to differences in environment, and (3) pollinator type was related to diversification. Phylogenetic least squares models against diversification rates were used to test whether environmental variables, pollinator type, or morphological traits influenced diversification. Pivotal results. Cirsium in North America originated approximately 2 mya, with the majority of the diversification occurring in three nearly simultaneous bursts during the onset of the Pleistocene ice age. Although most traits showed evidence of phylogenetic signal, there were no significant morphological innovations that contributed to overall diversification in Cirsium. Precipitation and semiaridity were the main catalysts for diversification. Hummingbird pollination was associated with near-significant lower rates of diversification than insect pollination. Conclusions. The integrated effects of niche conservatism and glacial-interglacial cycles played a role in shaping current distributional patterns, particularly in alpine mountain systems and canyons of the Colorado Plateau. Although hummingbird pollination was associated with lower rates of diversification in Cirsium, the switch to this syndrome may have facilitated expansion across post-Pleistocene fragmented landscapes. Ultimately, this study offers important insights into the drivers of a rapid, continent-wide radiation and the impact of Pleistocene glaciation cycles on the flora of North America.","PeriodicalId":14306,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73242809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Bidens wailele (Asteraceae: Coreopsideae): A New Critically Endangered Species from Kauai, Hawaiian Islands","authors":"K. R. Wood, M. L. Knope","doi":"10.1086/724311","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/724311","url":null,"abstract":"Premise of research. The explosive diversification of Hawaiian Bidens is considered one of the premier examples of plant adaptive radiation in the native Hawaiian flora. Botanical exploration, especially in remote areas, continues and sometimes results in the discovery of new species. Most of these new discoveries are narrowly distributed endemics, and some are evaluated to be threatened or endangered, sometimes critically so, as is the case for Bidens wailele. Methodology. Bidens wailele K.R. Wood & Knope (Asteraceae/Compositae) is (1) described and illustrated from Kauai, Hawaiian Islands; we also (2) provide a diagnostic key distinguishing characters that separate B. wailele from all other native Kauai Bidens, (3) present a summary of its distribution, ecology, and threats; and (4) provide a formal Red List assessment utilizing the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) criteria for endangerment. This discovery is part of ongoing floristic research and exploration conducted by the National Tropical Botanical Garden Science and Conservation Department. Pivotal results. This new species occurs in extremely wet conditions around the waterfalls of Waialeale and Wainiha, central Kauai. Morphologically, it is most similar to Bidens valida, a Kauai endemic species naturally occurring around windswept ridges and cliffs of southeastern Kauai (as on Haupu, Hulua, and Kahili Mountains). Conclusions. This rare new species is presently known from only 700–800 individuals and restricted to three remote locations; B. wailele has been evaluated under the IUCN Red List criteria and proposed as critically endangered. A fourth population on a wet cliff where the new species historically occurred (i.e., Kamanu, Kauai) was destroyed by a landslide after its discovery in 2008, most likely caused by torrential rains and demonstrating the species’ vulnerability for extinction.","PeriodicalId":14306,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85837080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Plant Megafossils, Palynomorphs, and Paleoenvironment from the Late Middle to Late Eocene Burnaby Mountain Flora, Huntingdon Formation, British Columbia, Canada","authors":"R. Mathewes, D. Greenwood, T. Reichgelt","doi":"10.1086/724156","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/724156","url":null,"abstract":"Premise of research. The Eocene fossil flora of the area around Vancouver, British Columbia, is poorly known despite work beginning in the 1890s to 1920s. The floristic character of the previously unstudied Burnaby Mountain flora from the Huntingdon Formation in British Columbia is reconstructed using plant megafossils and palynology. This site offers insight into the terrestrial vegetation and paleoclimate during the late middle to late Eocene of the Pacific Northwest of North America in a coastal setting during a global cooling trend. Methodology. Megaflora and microflora were identified, and the combined flora was compared with that of coeval floras from northwestern Washington. Paleoclimate was reconstructed from leaf morphology using the Climate Leaf Analysis Multivariate Program, leaf margin analysis, and leaf area analysis. A probabilistic nearest-living-relative approach was used to reconstruct paleoclimate independently of leaf morphology, using taxonomic identifications from both mega- and microfossils. These data were combined in an ensemble approach. Pivotal results. The Burnaby Mountain fossil flora is late middle Eocene to late Eocene in age and shares key plant taxa with the coeval Upper Ravenian flora of the Puget Group and the upper Chumstick Formation of northwestern Washington. The fossil flora contained a mix of subtropical and temperate forest elements, including rare palm and possible cycad leaf fragments, rare conifer pollen, and a diversity of broad-leaved trees. Conclusions. The reconstructed paleoclimate suggests humid warm-temperate to marginally subtropical conditions in coastal British Columbia during the late middle Eocene to late Eocene. An ensemble paleoclimate approach provided a most parsimonious mean annual temperature estimate of 16.2°C±3.1°C for the Burnaby Mountain fossils and mean annual precipitation of 134±56 cm. A modern climatic analog is present on the East Coast of the United States in North Carolina, where palms are part of the native flora.","PeriodicalId":14306,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84663948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Inbreeding Reduces Floral Longevity and Flower Size in the Mixed-Mating Biennial Sabatia angularis","authors":"Rachel B Spigler, Annmarie Charles","doi":"10.1086/724030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/724030","url":null,"abstract":"Premise of research. Inbreeding depression is well known to contribute to the maintenance of outcrossing in flowering plants because of its direct negative impacts on germination, survival, and fertility. Yet inbreeding depression could also impact fitness indirectly by affecting traits that govern biotic interactions. Relatively little is known about inbreeding depression on traits related to pollination success. Although often associated with pollinator attraction or reward, pollination success is also determined by floral longevity. Inbreeding depression in floral longevity has not been studied but has the potential to compound pollination disadvantages confronting inbred plants. Methodology. We investigated inbreeding depression for traits related to pollination success in the mixed-mating biennial Sabatia angularis L. (Pursh) (Gentianaceae). Under controlled, pollinator-free conditions, we performed crosses to create families of selfed and outcross seed and raised these plants to flower. We compared selfed and outcrossed individuals for the following traits: flower number, flower size, corolla longevity, stigma longevity, and plant height. We also considered whether inbreeding depression was influenced by flower number–longevity trade-offs or plant size. Pivotal results. Selfed plants produced significantly smaller flowers that lived for a significantly shorter amount of time than flowers of outcrossed plants, based on corolla and stigma longevity. Consistent with prior work, we found trade-offs between floral longevity and flower number and positive relationships between longevity and plant height. However, we did not detect inbreeding depression for flower number or plant size. Conclusions. We find novel evidence that inbreeding reduces both floral longevity and flower size. Although moderate, inbreeding depression for these traits could leave selfed plants at a disadvantage in pollen-limited environments, especially where rates of pollen export outpace deposition such that plants are forced to rely on pollinators for seed production. Our work contributes to our understanding of how inbreeding depression can alter plant-pollinator interaction outcomes and raises questions about its influence on reproductive allocation.","PeriodicalId":14306,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87952100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Fruits of Anacardiaceae from the Paleogene of the Paris Basin, France","authors":"C. Del Rio, A. Tosal, Eliise Kara, S. Manchester, Fabiany Herrera, M. Collinson, D. De Franceschi","doi":"10.1086/723841","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/723841","url":null,"abstract":"Premise of research. The Anacardiaceae family is distributed throughout the vegetated continents. The fossil record indicates extensive diversification of the family during the Paleogene and, in particular, during the Eocene. Despite the abundant fossil record of this period, there are only a few reliable anacardiaceous fossils in the Paris Basin. Here, we aim to document newly recognized fossils of Anacardiaceae from the Paris Basin, understand their paleoecology, and discuss their biogeographic history. Methodology. Thirty-three lignite fruits were examined from two sites, one before and one after the Paleocene-Eocene boundary (i.e., Petit Pâtis [Rivecourt] and Le Quesnoy [Houdancourt]). The specimens were photographed, and anatomy was studied using computed tomography and histological sections. Comparative analyses were undertaken using available descriptions of fossil and modern fruits of Anacardiaceae. Pivotal results. A new species, Cyrtocarpa biapertura sp. nov., is described on the basis of a unilocular fruit with two prominent apertures present on the ventral side of the endocarp, protruding into two lacunae surrounding the locule. Taphonomic analysis indicates that this plant grew close to riverbanks. Furthermore, a new record of “Lannea” europaea (Reid and Chandler) Chandler is reported for the Eocene site. Conclusions. The occurrence of Cyrtocarpa in both the Paleocene and the Eocene floras in the Paris Basin suggests similar vegetation during both time intervals. It is likely that both floras grew under similar subtropical climates. Moreover, it appears that the early Eocene shows an enrichment of the paleodiversity of Anacardiaceae and other plant families in the Paris Basin. The presence of Cyrtocarpa documents a rarely reported disjunction between the Paleogene of Europe and the recent tropical flora of South America.","PeriodicalId":14306,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74260936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}