Camellia nanningensis sp. nov.: the earliest fossil wood record of the genus Camellia (Theaceae) from East Asia

Lu Liang Huang; Jian Hua Jin; Cheng Quan; Alexei A. Oskolski

doi:10.1007/s10265-016-0846-8

Camellia nanningensis sp. nov. the earliest fossil wood record of the genus Camellia (Theaceae) from East Asia

Lu Liang Huang, Jian Hua Jin, Cheng Quan, Alexei A. Oskolski

Botany and Plant Biotechnology

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Abstract

A new species Camellia nanningensis was described on the basis of well-preserved mummified wood from the upper Oligocene Yongning Formation of Nanning Basin in Guangxi Province, South China. This represents the most ancient fossil wood assigned to Camellia, and the earliest fossil record of the family Theaceae in China. This fossil material shows that Camellia occurred in China as early as the late Oligocene, suggesting more ancient radiation of this genus than estimated by molecular dating.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	823-831
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Plant Research
Volume	129
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10265-016-0846-8
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2016

Keywords

Camellia
Late Oligocene
Mummified wood
Nanning Basin
South China
Theaceae

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Plant Science

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