Sabal rhaphifolia (STERNBERG) E. KNOBLOCH et KVAČEK

Kvaček, Zlatko & Teodoridis, Vasilis, 2011, The Late Eocene Flora Of Kučlín Near Bílina In North Bohemia Revisited, Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae Series B 67 (3 - 4), pp. 83-144 : 92-93

Sabal rhaphifolia (STERNBERG) E. KNOBLOCH et KVAČEK

Pl. 2, fig. 14, pl. 3, fig. 9, pl. 18, fig. 1

1866 Cyperus chavannesi HEER ; Ettingshausen, p. 26, pl. 6, fig. 3. 2009 Sabal rhaphifolia (STERNBERG) E. KNOBLOCH et KVAČEK ;

Akhmetiev et al., p. 81, pl. 8, fig. 11.

Large portions of palm segments over 30 cm long, belonging most probably to a sabaloid palm, basal parts not preserved, apical parts split. Smaller parts showing V-shaped vernation of leaf lamina.

D i s c u s s i o n: A more precise identification of leaf segments is difficult due to the lack of important parts, in particular the attachment of the petiole to the leaf.

M a t e r i a l: BP 55.1151.1, KUC 458.

cf. Arecaceae indet.

Pl. 3, fig. 10

1868 Leptomeria bilinica ETTINGSHAUSEN , p. 12, pl. 34, fig. 7.

Small partly branched portions of an inflorescence/

/fructescence devoid of flowers.

D i s c u s s i o n: The fossils at hand may represent fragments of palm infructescences rather than branches of the Proteaceae assigned to Leptomeria , contrary to the opinion of Ettingshausen (1868). The incomplete preservation makes it difficult to be sure of the nature of such fossils at all.

M a t e r i a l: BP 591144.1, 55 1136.2.

Poaceae (vel Cyperaceae )

We unite under this heading mostly impressions of grass-like foliage. The preservation of the venation does not allow more precise comparisons.