Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4750601 | Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology | 2010 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
A new species of Nelumbo Adanson is described from the Eocene of the Changchang Basin, Hainan Island, South China. This is the first comprehensive report on a fossil Nelumbo species from the Eocene of the Changchang Basin, Hainan Island. The co-occurrence of fruits, tubers, rhizomes with numerous adventitious roots, leaves, and receptacles indicates that the plants grew where they are preserved. These specimens, combined with palynological assemblage and other macrofossils, indicate a tropical or subtropical humid climate in the Changchang Basin from the late early Eocene to early late Eocene.
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Authors
Xiaoyuan He, Rujiang Shen, Jianhua Jin,