Twig with attached leaves, fruits and seeds of Decodon (Lythraceae) from the Lower Miocene of northern Bohemia, and implications for the identification of detached leaves and seeds

Abstrakt

A twig fragment with attached leaves of the Ficus multinervis-type and fruits with the seeds of Decodon gibbosus was recovered in the Bílina strip Mine. Cuticles and detailed seed structure match with the recent D. verticillatus