Quercus mediterranea UNGER

Kovar-Eder, Johanna, Kvaček, Zlatko, Teodoridis, Vasilis, Mazouch, Petr & Collinson, Margaret E., 2022, Floristic, Vegetation And Climate Assessment Of The Early / Middle Miocene Parschlug Flora Indicates A Distinctly Seasonal Climate, Fossil Imprint 78 (1), pp. 80-144 : 99

Quercus mediterranea UNGER

Pl. 9, Figs 12–16

2004 Quercus mediterranea UNGER ; Kovar-Eder et al., p. 62, pl. 4, figs 8–16.

A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l. GBA 2005/0004/0032, 0070, IBUG 920, 948a, 2806c, NHMW 1878/6/9358, 9421, NHMW 2021/0109/0001.

D e s c r i p t i o n. Leaves short-petiolate; lamina very variable in shape, obovate, elliptic to widely ovate to sub-circular, l × w about 18–55 × 8–30 mm, ratio l/w = 1.8–2.8 (3.6), base convex to widely cuneate, sometimes almost subcordate, apex rounded to bluntly acute; margin irregularly simple toothed, teeth partly spine-like to blunt and indistinct, lower part of lamina often entire; midvein stout; secondaries craspedodromous and eucamptodromous, widely and irregularly spaced, sometimes forked, straight to slightly bent, at variable angles; tertiaries (forked) percurrent, obtuse to midvein.

Quercus zoroastri UNGER Pl. 9, Figs 8–11

2004 Quercus zoroastri UNGER ; Kovar-Eder et al., p. 62, pl. 5, figs 1–4.

A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l. GBA 1841/0001/0036

(bis), GBA 2005/0004/0098, IBUG 914, IBUG 2859a.

D e s c r i p t i o n. Leaves long petiolate, coriaceous; lamina broad elliptic to ovate, l × w about 45–65 × 18–32 mm, ratio l/w about 1.9–2.7, base rounded to cuneate, apex acute-acuminate; margin coarsely simple toothed except the entire base, occasionally with smaller teeth in between, teeth sharp, regular, ± closely spaced, apically directed, sinuses rounded; midvein straight; secondaries craspedodromous, at base eucamptodromous, straight to slightly bent, originating at moderately to wide angles, in number usually corresponding with the number of teeth, usually unforked, sometimes forked or sending exmedial side veins into teeth, secondaries or their branches/side veins terminating in tooth apices; tertiaries delicate, percurrent, almost perpendicular to secondaries.

Differing from Dicotylophyllum sp. 5 , Dicotylophyllum sp. M and Quercus drymeja see those taxa.