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Erdei, B. ; Kvaček, Z.: A newly recovered collection of the Early Miocene flora of Kymi (Greece) previously misinterpreted as the Upper Miocene flora of Tállya (NE Hungary)

Acer tricuspidaium BRONN, 1838 Populus populina (BRONGNIART, 1822) KNOBLOCH, 1964 {Populus latior A. BRAUN, 1836inRÁSKY) Zizyphus cf. paradisiaca (UNGER, 1845) HEER, 1859 Smilax sp. Members of the Lauraceae are represented in great quantity. Twenty-two percents of the remains belongs to that family. This element is not characteristic of the Badenian and Sarmatian floras of Hungary. Some species of Quercus occurring in the flora have not been reported so far from the Hungarian floras. Some of them possess leaves with entire margin which suggests an older age of the flora. The proportion of leaves (specimens) with entire margin is surprisingly high, more than 50% which refers to a subtropical climate. Alnus cycladum UNGER, 1867 is a quite rare species since it has been reported up to now in Europe only from one locality, Kymi. This fact also supports the true origin of the collection. After all, the flora does not fit in with the Upper Miocene floras of Hungary as regards either its composition of species or its climatic demands. In consequence, correction of such inaccurate publications is important from the point of view of distribution of various taxa in time and space, as well as palaeophytogeography and evolution of Neogene European floras as a whole. * * * Acknowledgements - This study was supported by the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA:F019235). REFERENCES ANDREÁNSZKY, G. (1959): Die Flora der sarmatischen Stufe in Ungarn. - Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 360 pp. ERDEI, B. (1995): The Sarmatian flora from Erdôbénye-Ligetmajor, NE Hungary. - Annls. hist.-nat. Mus. natu, hung. 87: 11-33. ETTINGSHAUSEN, C. (1853): Beitrag zur Kenntniss der fossilen Flora von Tokay. - Sitzber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, math. nat. CI. 11: 1-40. KLEIN HOFMEIJER, G. & BRUIJN, H. DE (1988): The Mammals from the Lower Miocene of Aliveri (Island of Evia, Greece). Part 8. The Cricetidae. - Proc. K. Ned. Akad. Wet. B. 91: 185-204. KOVÁTS, GY. (1856a): Fossile Flora von Erdőbénye. - Arb. Geol. Ges. Ungarn 1: 1-37. KOVÁTS, GY. (1856/?): Fossile Flora von Tállya. -Arb. Geol. Ges. Ungarn 1: 39-52. KORECZNÉ LAKY, I. (1976): Foraminifera vizsgálatok a Tokaji-hegység miocén képződményeiből. (Examination of foraminifera in Miocene Rocks of the Tokaj Mountains). - Földi Int. Évi Jel. 1973-ról: 83-100. RÁSKY, K. (1958): Die obermiozäne Flora von Tállya (Ober-Ungam). - Palontologische Zeitschrift 32: 181-189. RÁSKY, K. (1964): Studies of Tertiary Plant Remains from Hungary. - Annls. hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung. 56: 63-96. STUR, D. (1867): Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Flora der Süsswasserquarze der Congerien- und Cerithien-Schichten im Wiener und Ungarischen Becken. - Jahrb. Geol. iMndesanst. 17: 77-208. UNGER, F. (1862): Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Reise in Griechenland und in den Ionischen Inseln. Wien, 213 pp. UNGER, F. (1867): Die fossile Flora von Kumi auf der Insel Euboea. - Denkschi: K. Akad. Wiss. , math.-nat. Ci. 27:27-90.