Spirematospermum wetzleri (Heer) Chandler (Zingiberaceae) from the Miocene of Weichang, Hebei Province, North China and the phytogeographic history of the genus

Spirematospermum wetzleri (Heer) Chandler (Zingiberaceae) from the Miocene of Weichang, Hebei Province, North China and the phytogeographic history of the genus

Abstract Spirematospermum is a well-known extinct zingiberalean taxon, characterized by trilocular capsules containing many distinctive, spirally striate and arillate seeds. It is frequently found and studied in European Neogene carpological floras, but is scarcely represented in East Asia floras. I...

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Main Authors: Ya Li, Tie-Mei Yi, Yue-Zhuo Li, Cheng-Sen Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-09-01
Series:Journal of Palaeogeography
Subjects:
Spirematospermum
Zingiberaceae
Musaceae
Phytogeographic history
Neogene
Miocene
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42501-018-0007-1

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