2016
DOI: 10.1007/s10265-016-0846-8
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Camellia nanningensis sp. nov.: the earliest fossil wood record of the genus Camellia (Theaceae) from East Asia

Abstract: A new species Camellia nanningensis was described on the basis of well-preserved mummified wood from the upper Oligocene Yongning Formation of Nanning Basin in Guangxi Province, South China. This represents the most ancient fossil wood assigned to Camellia, and the earliest fossil record of the family Theaceae in China. This fossil material shows that Camellia occurred in China as early as the late Oligocene, suggesting more ancient radiation of this genus than estimated by molecular dating.

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“…Moreover, all fossils selected here are absent in the analyses using plastid genome data and nuclear ribosomal high-copy regions for the family Theaceae, which suggested relatively late crown ages of Camellia (6.8, 3.8-10.8 in Yu et al [2017]; 21.6, 16.7-28 in Yan et al [2021]). By contrast, some of the fossil records in Camellia used here (Suzuki & Terada, 1996;Li et al, 2003;Huang et al, 2016) may be earlier than those ages estimated.…”
Section: Origin and Diversification Of Camelliacontrasting
confidence: 55%
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“…Moreover, all fossils selected here are absent in the analyses using plastid genome data and nuclear ribosomal high-copy regions for the family Theaceae, which suggested relatively late crown ages of Camellia (6.8, 3.8-10.8 in Yu et al [2017]; 21.6, 16.7-28 in Yan et al [2021]). By contrast, some of the fossil records in Camellia used here (Suzuki & Terada, 1996;Li et al, 2003;Huang et al, 2016) may be earlier than those ages estimated.…”
Section: Origin and Diversification Of Camelliacontrasting
confidence: 55%
“…(sect. Thea ) because of the “rays with equally wide multiseriate and uniseriate portions” (Huang et al, 2016), was selected to constrain the common stem age of sections Thea and Theopsis with the mean at 25.56 Ma and a 95% confidence interval of 23.23–28.12 Ma. Additionally, the fruit and seed fossils of Gordonia warmanensis Grote & Dilcher found in western Kentucky and Tennessee, USA from the middle Eocene (47.8–38.0 Ma; Grote & Dilcher, 1992) resembled Polyspora based on their morphology, so this species was selected to constrain the stem age of Polyspora with the mean at 42.91 Ma and a 95% confidence interval of 38.55–47.75 Ma.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The upper part of the formation is dated to the late Oligocene based on Anthracotherium changlingensis Zhao, Anthracokeryx kwangsiensis Qiu, and Heothema sp mammal fossil assemblages [ 72 ]. In recent years, a large number of plant fossils have been reported from the upper part of the Yongning Formation at the Santang fossil site, including three-dimensionally preserved fruits and wood [ 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 ].…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In China, such secondary center or the second center of origin of tea is mainly refers to areas in southwest China, the Yangtze River area, the three gorges region. In one word, people will tend to unify the origin of tea tree center and secondary center as a whole, and call the southwest China is the origin area of the tea plants (Huang et al, 2016).…”
Section: Origin Of Teamentioning
confidence: 99%