Sloanea manchesteri KVAČEK et TEODORIDIS, 2011

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 : 95

Sloanea manchesteri KVAČEK et TEODORIDIS sp. n.

Pl. 6, fig. 7

2002a Sloanea sp. ; Kvaček, p. 231, pl. 4, fig. 8.

Compression of the indehisced spiny capsule, fruit body almost globular, well flattened, ca. 12 mm in diameter, inside smooth, outside with spines 8 mm long and 0.2 mm thick, blunt, subparallel, well separated during the whole length, densely covering the capsule valves.

H o l o t y p e e s t a b l i s h e d h e r e: NM G 7895

– pl. 6, fig. 6.

E t y m o l o g y: Appreciating help extended by our colleague Steven R. Manchester towards better understanding of the Cenozoic floras of North Bohemia.

T y p e l o c a l i t y: Kučlín in North Bohemain České středohoří Mountains, late Eocene.

R e m a r k s: The only available specimen differs from similar long spiny capsules of S. eocenica (RÁSKY) KVAČEK, HABLY et MANCHESTER (2001) in a more globular form and smaller dimensions.

M a t e r i a l: NM G 7895.