Slavicekia gen. nov., a new member of the Normapolles complex from Late Cretaceous sediments of the Czech Republic
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00023272%3A_____%2F23%3A10135705" target="_blank" >RIV/00023272:_____/23:10135705 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11310/23:10467221
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/724155" target="_blank" >https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/724155</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/724155" target="_blank" >10.1086/724155</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Slavicekia gen. nov., a new member of the Normapolles complex from Late Cretaceous sediments of the Czech Republic
Original language description
Premise of research. The Klikov Formation in South Bohemia, Czech Republic, is well known as a rich source of Late Cretaceous mesofossils including numerous angiosperm reproductive structures. In this study, we restudy and reevaluate all flower and fruit specimens from this formation that were earlier referred to the species Vangerowia tricornuta Erw.Knobloch et Mai, and on the basis of a detailed morphological analysis, we describe and establish the new genus Slavicekia and the new species Slavicekia inaequalis. Methodology. Morphological and anatomical investigations of the fossil fruits were carried out using scanning electron microscopy and X-ray micro-computed tomography. Pivotal results. Flowers of Slavicekia exhibit a unique combination of floral characters. Flowers are structurally bisexual and epigynous. The perianth comprises five small tepals arranged in one whorl of two and one whorl of three tepals. The androecium consists of five stamens placed opposite to the tepals (i.e., also the stamens are arranged in two anisomerous whorls). Pollen grains are triangular-oblate and triaperturate. The gynoecium is tricarpellatesyncarpous with an ovary that contains two unequally sized locules, each producing one ovule, but only the one in the larger locule matures into a seed. Conclusions. The type of pollen is characteristic for Normapolles plants, and we therefore propose Slavicekia as a new member of the Normapolles complex in the order Fagales. In addition to the pollen features, other characters, including epigyny, a reduced perianth, and a single seed per fruit, link Slavicekia with the Normapolles complex and the order Fagales. On the basis of a comparison with other Normapolles fossils and extant taxa, we discuss the potential systematic affinities of Slavicekia within core Fagales.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10506 - Paleontology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA20-06134S" target="_blank" >GA20-06134S: Palaeoecology of early angiosperms during mid-Cretaceous, case study of material from Iberian Peninsula and central Europe</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
International Journal of Plant Sciences
ISSN
1058-5893
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
184
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
13
Pages from-to
201-213
UT code for WoS article
000942920900001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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