Osmunda parschlugiana (UNGER) ANDR., 1959

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 : 265

Osmunda parschlugiana (UNGER) ANDR., 1959

Text-fig. 4b , Pl. 1, Figs 1, 2

1847 Pteris parschlugiana UNGER , p. 122, pl. 36, fig. 6.

1959 Osmunda parschlugiana (UNGER) ANDR. , p. 45.

M a t e r i a l. 4 specimens, Líšeň-Neklež ( MB80 – MB83 ) .

D e s c r i p t i o n. Incomplete pinnules 13 to 22 mm long by 8 to 10 mm wide, shortly elliptic, acuminate, margin entire, midrib straight to slightly S-shaped, secondary veins free, bending towards pinnule apex, simple or forked.

R e m a r k s. O. parschlugiana is known from many Miocene sites of Europe. It is typified based on material from the Early/Middle Miocene flora of Parschlug ( Unger 1847, Kovar-Eder et al. 2004). The pinnules are commonly known from the Early Miocene Most Formation (e.g., Bůžek 1971, Sakala 2000, Teodoridis 2006) and morphologically close to Blechnum dentatum (GÖPP.) HEER ( Kvaček and Hurník 2000) . Knobloch (1969: 55) reported this fern from Uhelná, Silesia, the Czech Republic. It has also been recorded from Arctic regions, Kazakhstan, Iran and elsewhere associated with Turgayan “Arcto-tertiary” leaf assemblages ( Kvaček and Bubík 2016).

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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.