A new species of Palaeocarya (Juglandaceae) from the Ningming Basin in Guangxi, South China

YUNFA CHEN; HONGSHAN WANG; YONGQING LIUFU; QIAN HU; QIONGYAO FU; ZHIMING XIE

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.367.1.6

Issue: Vol. 367 No. 1: 30 August 2018

Type: Article

Published: 2018-08-30

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.367.1.6

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**A new species of Palaeocarya (Juglandaceae) from the Ningming Basin in Guangxi, South China**

YUNFA CHEN⁺⁻
HONGSHAN WANG⁺⁻
YONGQING LIUFU⁺⁻
QIAN HU⁺⁻
QIONGYAO FU⁺⁻
ZHIMING XIE⁺⁻

Guangxi Museum of Natural History, Nanning, Guangxi 530012, China

Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 326117800, USA

Guangxi Museum of Natural History, Nanning, Guangxi 530012, China

Eudicots fossil winged fruits Palaeocarya Oligocene Ningming Formation Guangxi South China

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Abstract

A new species of fossil winged fruits of Palaeocarya (Juglandaceae) is recognized from the Oligocene Ningming Formation in Guangxi, South China. The fruits of Palaeocarya huashanensis sp. nov. consist of a trilobate wing with an oblong median lobe, pinnate and eucamptodromous lobe venation, a hispid nutlet, and a very short pedicel. This new species, along with other four species reported previously from the same locality, represents the Oligocene Palaeocarya occurrence in the lowest latitude and provides additional evidence of diversity of Juglandaceae in the Paleogene in South China, and new data for the investigation of the origin and evolution of the tribe Engelhardieae.

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