Unique association of <i>Fagus</i> leaves, cupules and a staminate flower from the Miocene of South China
The evolutionary history of Fagus is now expanded with a unique Miocene association of leaves and reproductive structures from South China, some of which show similarities with extant and fossil Asian species, while others are distinct from any extant species. These fossils demonstrate that Fagus subgenus Fagus existed in South China as early as the Miocene and suggest that Fagus leaves and female reproductive structures have been in a morphological stasis at least since the Eocene, while staminate flowers were more labile.
Authors
- Nikita S Zdravchev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7573-6472)
- Natalia Maslova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9178-6242)
- Xiaoyan Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7458-0819)
- Yuàn Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3300-9366)
- Jianhua Jin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1486-8631)
- Cheng Quan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0002-2202)
- Maria Tekleva
- Тatiana M. Kodrul
Institutions
- Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
- South China Normal University (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Chang'an University (CN)
- Institute of Paleontology A A Borisyak (RU)
- Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology (CN)
- Geological Institute (RU)
- Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (RU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Botany
- Published
- 2025-11-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaf299
- Primary Topic
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00