EARLY MIOCENE FLORA OF THE MANUHERIKIA GROUP, NEW-ZEALAND .5. SMILACACEAE, POLYGONACEAE, ELAEOCARPACEAE

Authors
POLE M
Citation
M. Pole, EARLY MIOCENE FLORA OF THE MANUHERIKIA GROUP, NEW-ZEALAND .5. SMILACACEAE, POLYGONACEAE, ELAEOCARPACEAE, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 23(4), 1993, pp. 289-302
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand → ACNP
ISSN journal
03036758
Volume
23
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
289 - 302
Database
ISI
SICI code
0303-6758(1993)23:4<289:EMFOTM>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Three taxa of fossil leaves are described from Miocene sediments of th e Manuherikia group, Central Otago, New Zealand. One is identical to t he extant New Zealand Ripogonum scandens (Smilacaceae), with which it is identified. The second has leaves larger than, but otherwise simila r to, the extant New Zealand Muehlenbeckia australis (Polygonaceae). T he third is described with affinities to Sloanea or Elaeocarpus (Elaeo carpaceae). It is distinct from extant New Zealand members of Elaeocar paceae.