An inclusion of Frullania subgen. Diastaloba s. l. (Frullaniaceae, Porellales) in Dominican amber

Jochen Heinrichs; Alexander R. Schmidt

doi:10.11646/bde.31.1.15

Issue: Vol. 31 No. 1: (2010)

Type: Article

Published: 2010-12-31

DOI: 10.11646/bde.31.1.15

Page range: 91–94

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**An inclusion of Frullania subgen. Diastaloba s. l. (Frullaniaceae, Porellales) in Dominican amber**

Jochen Heinrichs⁺⁻
Alexander R. Schmidt⁺⁻

Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Abt. Systematische Botanik, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften, Untere Karspüle 2, 37073 Göttingen, Germany

Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Courant Research Centre Geobiology, Goldschmidtstrasse 3, 37077 Göttingen, Germany

bryophyte fossil resin liverwort Miocene

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Abstract

A sterile liverwort inclusion in a piece of Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic is described and assigned to the extant genus Frullania. The remote leaf lobules of the fossil plant fragments resemble the polyphyletic taxon Frullania subgen. Diastaloba.

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