Daphnogene UNGER, 1850

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

Genus Daphnogene UNGER, 1850

Daphnogene polymorpha (A.BRAUN) ETTINGSH., 1851 Pl. 1, Figs 7, 8

1845 Ceanothus polymorphus A.BRAUN , p. 171.

1851 Daphnogene polymorpha (A.BRAUN) ETTINGSH. , p. 16, pl. 12, figs 22–25.

M a t e r i a l. 2 specimens, Líšeň-Neklež ( MB90 ) and

Líšeň-Mařákova (MB111).

D e s c r i p t i o n. Leaves incomplete lanceolate to widely oval, up to 25 mm long by 15 mm wide, apex not preserved probably shortly acuminate or blunt, base cuneate with fragmentary petiole (up to 7 mm), margin entire, venation suprabasal acrodromous, midrib moderate, straight or curved, lateral veins thinner, alternate, running along margin, usually connecting with secondaries at 2/3 of blade length, secondary veins thinner, alternate, departing from midrib at angles of 40° to 50°, curved and forming loops towards margin or located between midrib and lateral veins, tertiary veins alternate perpendicular, straight to sinuous, often forked, venation of higher order veins poorly preserved.

R e m a r k s. The typically tri-veined leaves of

Daphnogene polymorpha are known from most Miocene localities of Europe (e.g., Knobloch and Kvaček 1976, Bůžek et al. 1996).