Revision of the Species Bauhinia bulgarica Kitan. fil. (Fabaceae) Known from the Bulgarian Upper Miocene-Lower Pliocene

Authors

  • Vladimir Bozukov Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7546/CRABS.2022.10.09

Keywords:

Bauhinia bulgarica, Bulgaria, Garmen, Smilax, Upper Miocene-Lower Pliocene, paleomacroflora

Abstract

A revision of the species Bauhinia bulgarica, which was found in the fossil macroflora of Garmen (SW Bulgaria), is presented. The fossil material originates from sediments dated as Late Miocene-Early Pliocene. The new taxonomic solution is Smilax excelsa L. foss. It is accepted on the basis of the close morphological structure of the fossil leaf imprint and the leaf forms of the recent Smilax excelsa L. (Smilacaceae), which is widespread in the SE Balkan Peninsula and SW Asia.

Author Biography

Vladimir Bozukov, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Mailing Address:
Department of Plant and Fungal
Diversity and Resources,
Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research,
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Akad. G. Bonchev St, Bl. 23
1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

E-mail: vladimir_bozukov@yahoo.com

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Published

30-10-2022

How to Cite

[1]
V. Bozukov, “Revision of the Species Bauhinia bulgarica Kitan. fil. (Fabaceae) Known from the Bulgarian Upper Miocene-Lower Pliocene”, C. R. Acad. Bulg. Sci., vol. 75, no. 10, pp. 1469–1474, Oct. 2022.

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Section

Geology