A tropical forest of the middle Miocene of Fujian (SE China) reveals Sino-Indian biogeographic affinities

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	A tropical forest of the middle Miocene of Fujian (SE China) reveals Sino-Indian biogeographic affinities
	Jacques, Frederic M. B.1; Shi, Gongle 2; Su, Tao 1; Zhou, Zhekun1,3
刊名	REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY
	2015-05-01
卷号	216 页码:76-91
关键词	China Fossil leaf Fujian India Miocene Tropical
通讯作者	Zhou,ZK (reprint author),Chinese Acad Sci,Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden,Key Lab Trop Forest Ecol,Mengla 666303,Peoples R China. ; zhouzk@xtbg.ac.cn
英文摘要	The middle Miocene Fotan flora of Zhangpu County, South Fujian, China has been considered to represent tropical rainforest based on the occurrence of distinctive winged fruit fossils of the Dipterocarpaceae. However, this paleoclimatic interpretation has been challenged. In this study, we describe new tropical and subtropical elements of this flora that co-occurred with Dipterocarpaceae based on newly collected fossil leaves from the Fotan flora. The fossils were identified through detailed comparison with leaves of living plants. Six new species belonging to six different families are described: Artocarpus basirotundatus sp. nov. (Moraceae), Bauhinia fotana sp. nov. (Leguminosae), Boehmeria fujianensis sp. nov. (Urticaceae), Calophyllum striatum sp. nov. (Calophyllaceae), Flacourtia serrulata sp. nov. (Salicaceae), and Macaranga stellata sp. nov. (Euphorbiaceae). They represent the first fossil records of these genera in China, with the exception of Bauhinia. These elements provide further evidence for the recognition of tropical forest in South Fujian during the middle Miocene. They show more affinities with Indian Neogene floras than with other Chinese palaeofloras. It suggests that, during the Mid-Miocene Climatic Optimum, the border between the tropical and subtropical vegetation moved north to South Fujian. The Fotan palaeoflora is the first record of Miocene floristic affinities between Indian and South Chinese floras. In contrast, the southwestern Chinese Miocene palaeofloras have a different floristic composition without clear Indian affinities. We propose that the route of exchange between the Indian and South Chinese Miocene floras passed through South-East Asia. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
学科主题	Plant Sciences; Paleontology
类目[WOS]	Plant Sciences ; Paleontology
研究领域[WOS]	Plant Sciences ; Paleontology
关键词[WOS]	SOUTH CHINA ; CLIMATE-CHANGE ; QUANTITATIVE RECONSTRUCTION ; PALEOCLIMATIC SIGNIFICANCE ; SHOREA DIPTEROCARPACEAE ; YUNNAN PROVINCE ; TERTIARY FLORA ; WINGED FRUITS ; PLANT ; EVOLUTION
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000353426800006
公开日期	2015-07-07
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.kib.ac.cn/handle/151853/20636]
专题	昆明植物研究所_中国科学院东亚植物多样性与生物地理学重点实验室
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, Key Lab Trop Forest Ecol, Mengla 666303, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Nanjing Inst Geol & Palaeontol, State Key Lab Palaeobiol & Stratig, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Bot, Key Lab Biogeog & Biodivers, Kunming 650204, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Jacques, Frederic M. B.,Shi, Gongle,Su, Tao,et al. A tropical forest of the middle Miocene of Fujian (SE China) reveals Sino-Indian biogeographic affinities[J]. REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY,2015,216:76-91.
APA	Jacques, Frederic M. B.,Shi, Gongle,Su, Tao,&Zhou, Zhekun.(2015).A tropical forest of the middle Miocene of Fujian (SE China) reveals Sino-Indian biogeographic affinities.REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY,216,76-91.
MLA	Jacques, Frederic M. B.,et al."A tropical forest of the middle Miocene of Fujian (SE China) reveals Sino-Indian biogeographic affinities".REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY 216(2015):76-91.