Salvinia reussii ETTINGSH., 1866

Bubík, Miroslav, Doláková, Nela, Kvaček, Zlatko & Teodoridis, Vasilis, 2022, A New Early Miocene (Ottnangian) Flora Of The “ Rzehakia Beds ” From Brno-Líšeň, Fossil Imprint 78 (1), pp. 263-287 : 266

Salvinia reussii ETTINGSH., 1866

Text-fig. 4c , Pl. 1, Fig. 3

1866 Salvinia reussii ETTINGSH. , p. 18, pl. 2, figs 21, 22.

M a t e r i a l. 1 specimen, Líšeň-Neklež ( MB86 ) .

D e s c r i p t i o n. Leaf incomplete, rounded, 9 mm long by 8 mm wide, margin entire, venation poorly preserved, secondary and intersecondary veins thin, parallel, creating an intermarginal vein, venation of higher order creating irregular nets of small tetragonal areoles with characteristic tubercles.

R e m a r k s. Salvinia reussii is a typical aquatic floating fern overgrowing the water surface of oxbow lakes or other calm waters characterized by typical foliage accompanied by floats (rarely) and generative organs ( Bůžek et al. 1971).

Figures

Text-fig. 4. Original floral picture of locality Líšeň-Neklež drawn by Zlatko Kvaček, scale bars 10 mm. a: Alnus cf. julianiformis (STERNB.) KVAČEK et HOLÝ, MB102; b: Osmunda parschlugiana (UNGER) ANDR., MB81; c: Salvinia reussii ETTINGS., MB86; d: cf. Engelhardia orsbergensis (P.WESSEL et C.O.WEBER) JÄHNICHEN, MAI et H.WALTHER, MB104; e: Laurophyllum sp., MB89a; f:?Polypodiaceae gen. et sp. indet., MB84; g: Ulmus sp., MB105a; h: Ulmus sp., MB106; i: Schoenoplectiella cf. ragozinii (P.I.DOROF.) DOWELD, MB88a; j:Leguminophyllumsp.1,MB96;k: SalixvariansGÖPP.,MB107; l:?Carya sp., MB89b; m: Leguminophyllum sp. 1, MB97; n: Leguminophyllum sp. 1, MB87; o: Podocarpium podocarpum (A.BRAUN) HEREND., MB100; p: “Parrotia” pristina (ETTINGSH.) STUR, MB92.