East-Asiatic element in the fossil flora of the salt mine at Wieliczka (S. Poland)

Ewa Zastawniak

doi:10.54991/jop.1996.1262

Authors

Ewa Zastawniak W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, 31-512 Krakow, Lubicz 46, Poland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1996.1262

Keywords:

Fossil flora, Carpology, Salt deposits, Miocene, Poland

Abstract

East-Asiatic element is of particular significance in the Tertiary floras of Europe. This statement is also confirmed by the studies of carpological remains that have survived in the Tertiary deposits of the Wieliczka salt-mine. The East-Asiatic elements are represented in this fossil flora by the following families: Pinaceae, Cephalotaxaceae, Taxodiaceae, Cupressaceae, Magnoliaceae, Menispermaceae, Eucommiaceae, Fagaceae, Juglandaceae, Theaceae, Symplocaceae, Styracaceae, Ulmaceae, Sapindaceae, Staphyleaceae, Rutaceae, Vitaceae, Cornaceae, Mastixiaceae, and Alangiaceae. The taxon Palaeocarya salinarum (Zablocki 1930) comb. nov. is a new combination for the Tertiary floras.