Hedera aff. helix

Denk, Thomas, Sami, Marco, Teodoridis, Vasilis & Martinetto, Edoardo, 2022, The Late Early Pleistocene Flora Of Oriolo, Faenza (Italy): Assembly Of The Modern Forest Biome, Fossil Imprint 78 (1), pp. 217-262 : 246

Hedera aff. helix L., 1753

Text-fig. 15e–i

M a t e r i a l. Oriolo MSF 628, 628-1, 650, 796, 797,

798, 799, 800.

D e s c r i p t i o n. Leaf, simple, polymorphic, lamina cordate, roundish, rhombic or inverted trapezoid, 22–79 mm long, 18–52 mm wide, venation campylodromous, pinnate, or actinodromous, margin entire.

R e m a r k s. Vegetative creeping stems of Hedera produce leaves that differ markedly from those on flowering axes. The ovate rhombic leaf in Text-fig. 15e might be a leaf from a flowering stem.

Figures

Text-fig. 15. a–c: Tilia sp. a: Oriolo MSF 679. b: Oriolo MSF n.n., fruiting bract. c: Oriolo MSF 908. d: Fraxinus aff. angustifolia subsp. oxycarpa Oriolo MSF 782. e–i: Hedera aff. helix. Polymorphic leaves. e: Oriolo MSF 628. f: Oriolo MSF 650. g: Oriolo MSF 797. h: Oriolo MSF 799. i: Oriolo MSF 796. Scale bars 50 mm (a, c–e), 10 mm (b, f–i).