@article{fdi:010089132,
  title = {{F}irst flower inclusion and fossil evidence of {C}ryptocarya ({L}aurales, {L}auraceae) from {M}iocene amber of {Z}hangpu ({C}hina)},
  author = {{B}eurel, {S}. and {B}achelier, {J}.{B}. and {M}unzinger, {J}{\'e}r{\^o}me and {S}hao, {F}. and {H}ammel, {J}.{U}. and {S}hi, {G}. and {S}adowski, {E}.{M}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{L}auraceae have one of the oldest fossil records of angiosperms with the earliest known evidence from the mid-{C}retaceous. {H}owever, most of these records are based on leaves, especially from the {C}enozoic of {A}sia, which are often challenging to assign to extinct or











extant genera or species. {I}n contrast, fossils of reproductive organs are more informative, but remain scarce. {W}e here described the first {C}enozoic {L}auraceae flower of {A}sia and confirmed the presence of {C}ryptocarya in the {M}iocene {Z}hangpu flora ({F}ujian {P}rovince,











south-eastern {C}hina) based on an amber inclusion. {W}e scanned the specimen using synchrotron radiation-based micro-computed tomography ({SR}?{CT}) and then compared the fossil with extant flowers of the genus. {T}he present fossil flower is small, bisexual,











and polysymmetric, with a whorled and trimerous perianth and androecium along with a hypanthium around the gynoecium. {T}he perianth comprises six undifferentiated tepals, the androecium consists of nine stamens and three innermost staminodes, and the











gynoecium of a single carpel with a superior, unilocular (and uniovulate) ovary. {O}ur study also shows that the fossil shares an unusual position of the typical staminal glands and a short androecial tube on the rim of the hypanthium with at least one extant











{A}ustralian species of {C}ryptocarya, which have not been reported before. {N}owadays, {L}auraceae are still present in tropical to subtropical regions, mostly in {A}merican and {A}sian rainforests. {T}he discovery of many {L}auraceae leaf fossils in {Z}hangpu, as well as the











amber flower of this study, is consistent with the current reconstruction of the amber source environment as a megathermal seasonal rainforest during the {M}id-{M}iocene.},
  keywords = {{CHINE} ; {FUJIAN} {PROVINCE} ; {ZHANGPU}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{F}ossil {R}ecord},
  volume = {27},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {1--11},
  ISSN = {1435-1943},
  year = {2024},
  DOI = {10.3897/fr.27.109621},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010089132},
}