Fossil flower ofStaphyleaL. from the Miocene amber of Mexico: New evidence of the Boreotropical Flora in low-latitude North America

A new flower preserved in amber in sediments of Simojovel de Allende, México, is identified as an extinct member of Staphyleaceae, a family of angiosperms consisting of only three genera ( Staphylea , Turpinia and Euscaphis ), which has a large and abundant fossil record and is today distributed over the Northern Hemisphere. Staphylea ochoterenae sp. nov. is the first record of a flower for this group, which is small, pedicelled, pentamer,...