Fossil flowers of <i>Ayenia</i> (Malvaceae) preserved in amber: evidence for lianas in Miocene rainforest of southeast China

Xieting Wu, Simon Beurel, Julien B Bachelier, Maria von Balthazar, Jörg U Hammel, Eva-Maria Sadowski, Gongle Shi

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DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcag220
Published: 2026-07-17
Container: Annals of Botany
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
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BibTeX

@article{allodium:10.1093/aob/mcag220,
  title = {Fossil flowers of
                    <i>Ayenia</i>
                    (Malvaceae) preserved in amber: evidence for lianas in Miocene rainforest of southeast China},
  author = {Xieting Wu and Simon Beurel and Julien B Bachelier and Maria von Balthazar and Jörg U Hammel and Eva-Maria Sadowski and Gongle Shi},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Annals of Botany},
  doi = {10.1093/aob/mcag220},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcag220}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Fossil flowers of
                    <i>Ayenia</i>
                    (Malvaceae) preserved in amber: evidence for lianas in Miocene rainforest of southeast China
AU  - Xieting Wu
AU  - Simon Beurel
AU  - Julien B Bachelier
AU  - Maria von Balthazar
AU  - Jörg U Hammel
AU  - Eva-Maria Sadowski
AU  - Gongle Shi
PY  - 2026
JO  - Annals of Botany
DO  - 10.1093/aob/mcag220
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Wu, X., Beurel, S., Bachelier, J. B., Balthazar, M. V., Hammel, J. U., Sadowski, E., & Shi, G. (2026). Fossil flowers of <i>Ayenia</i> (Malvaceae) preserved in amber: evidence for lianas in Miocene rainforest of southeast China. Annals of Botany. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcag220

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