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2 Uni ver sity of War saw, Fac ulty of Ge ol ogy, ¯wirki i Wigury 93, 02-089 Warszawa, Po land S³odkowska, B., Ziembiñska-Tworzyd³o, M., 2017. Pol len morphotype edmundi and its sig nif i cance for palaeoclimate re construc tions of the Neo gene. Geo log i cal Quar terly, 61 (2): 267-275, doi: 10.7306/gq.1344Pol len anal y sis has re vealed the pres ence of the edmundi morphotype in the Paleogene and Neo gene sed i ments of Cen tral Eu rope. Its spe cies, char ac ter ized by dif fer ent morphologies, are mainly as signed to two fam i lies of ex tant plants -the Araliaceae and the Mastixiaceae -and com pared to pol len of some gen era (Diplopanax and Mastixia from the Mastixiaceae, and Aralia, Fatsia and Schefflera from the Araliaceae). The most sig nif i cant ge nus for palaeoclimate re con struc tions is the ex tant Diplopanax, whose seeds, sim i larly as the seeds of other rep re sen ta tives of the Mastixiaceae, ap pear in the warm phases of the Neo gene. The type spe cies of Edmundipollis (E. edmundi) has been com pared to Diplopanax pol len. Based on sim i lar i ties with ex tant plants, the CA (Co ex is tence Ap proach) was de ter mined. The re sults in di cate a very warm and hu mid sub trop i cal cli mate (Cfa-Cwa) ac cord ing to the Köppen clas si fi ca tion.

On overview of over a hundred years of history of Polish palaeobotanical research on the Paleogene and Neogene (formerly Tertiary) is provided. Profiles of the researchers who laid the foundations for the development of paleofloristic research are presented. In particular, we describe individuals who have made significant research contributions, including M. Raciborski, J. Zabłocki, M. Kostyniuk, H. Czeczott, and W. Szafer. Research centers that were revived after World War II gathered scientists who continued and extended work in the field, including M. Łańucka-Środońowa, J. Oszast, A. Skirgiełło, J. Doktorowicz-Hrebnicka, J. Stachurska, and J. Mamczar. This tradition was maintained and developed by researchers of the next generation: L. Stuchlik, E. Zastawniak, A. Sadowska, M. Ziembińska-Tworzydło, I. Grabowska, H. Ważyńska, A. Hummel, Z. Baranowska-Zarzycka, and A. Kohlman-Adamska. Currently, the fourth generation of Polish palaeobotanists, including B. Słodkowska, E. Worobiec, G. Worobiec, P. Gedl, M. Garecka, E. Durska, and R. Kowalski, conduct multifaceted palaeobotanical research, with links to various fields of knowledge, including botany, geology, and palaeoclimatology. Studies of past changes in plant cover provide important insight current climate change.