Abstract
AbstractWe are compelled to sink the European fossil fruit genusSphenothecaKirchheimer into extantSymplocosbased on newly recognized morphological and anatomical similarity with the fruits of extantSymplocos tanakaeMatsum. of Japan andSymplocos henryiBrand of SW China. Recognition ofSymplocos incurva(Kirchheimer) comb. nov. andSymplocos bornensis(Mai) comb. nov. increases the number of late Paleogene and Neogene European species ofSymplocosto 13. The close relationship between this fossil species and extant species of theSymplocos lucidaclade of eastern Asia suggests that migration of this group between Europe and Asia was facilitated by the closure of the Turgai Strait that commenced during the Oligocene.
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