New occurrences of Altingiaceae fossil woods from the Miocene and upper Pleistocene of South China with phytogeographic implications
Lu-Liang Huanga,b, Jian-Hua Jina,b,*, Cheng Quanc,*, Alexei A. Oskolskid,e
aState Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, Guangdong Province, China; bState Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, CAS, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu Province, China; cSchool of Earth Science and Resources, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710054, Shaanxi Province, China; dDepartment of Botany and Plant Biotechnology, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa; eKomarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prof. Popov str. 2, St. Petersburg 197376, Russia
Abstract Mummified fossil woods of Liquidambar from the Miocene of the Guiping Basin of Guangxi and the upper Pleistocene sediments of the Maoming Basin of Guangdong, South China are recognized as the new species Liquidambar guipingensis sp. nov. and the extant species Liquidambar formosana Hance, respectively. The fossil wood of L. guipingensis shows the greatest structural affinity to the extant species L. excelsa (Noronha) Oken, which is widespread from SW China and NE India (Assam) through Myanmar and Malaysia to Indonesia. The finding of L. guipingensis may be considered as evidence for the early diversification of this lineage that occurred at least partly outside the modern range of this extant species. The fossil wood of L. formosana from the Maoming Basin represents the only Pleistocene megafossil of Altingiaceae known to date, and provides confirmation for its presence in the interglacial vegetation of South China prior the Last Glacial Maximum.
. New occurrences of Altingiaceae fossil woods from the Miocene and upper Pleistocene of South China with phytogeographic implications[J]. , 2021, 10(4): 482-493.
. New occurrences of Altingiaceae fossil woods from the Miocene and upper Pleistocene of South China with phytogeographic implications[J]. Journal of Palaeogeography, 2021, 10(4): 482-493.
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