Euphorbia pontiana Doweld, 2018

Doweld, Alexander B., 2018, Palaeoflora Europaea: Notulae Systematicae ad Palaeofloram Europaeam spectantes I. New names of fossil magnoliophytes of the European Tertiary. I. Miscellaneous families, Phytotaxa 379 (1), pp. 78-94 : 82

Euphorbia pontiana Doweld , nom. nov.

≡ Euphorbia cylindrica Negru (1979: 91) , nom. illeg. non Euphorbia cylindrica Marloth ex A.C.White, R.A.Dyer & B.Sloane (1941: 247,

962). Type:—[fossil seeds] Tabaky village, Bolgrad district, Odesa region, Ukraine (holotype, 48/1-4-4ПК, Grădina Botanică (Institut),

Academiei de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Chișinău, Moldova)—figured by Negru 1979: pl. 16, fig. 11. Occurrence:— Upper Miocene (Messinian = Pontian) ; Europe. Eponymy:—After Pontian, a geological epoch (locus classicus). IFPNI: F64 FC0CF-54C3-DE6E-66C4-F626A36ED81A .

Note:—The Messinian fossil-species was established on the fossil dispersed seeds similar to the extant species E. seguieriana Neck. ( Negru 1979).