@article{Poinar, Jr._Chambers_2022, title={Additional fossil specimens of Eophylica (Rhamnaceae) in mid-Cretaceous amber from the Hukawng Valley, Myanmar}, volume={16}, url={https://journals.brit.org/jbrit/article/view/1221}, DOI={10.17348/jbrit.v16.i1.1221}, abstractNote={<p>The recently described fossil angiosperm genus <em>Eophylica</em> (Rhamnaceae) was based on 18 amber-embedded specimens derived from two sites in northern Myanmar. A vegetatively similar fossil, which came from the same amber mines but which lacked flowers, had been previously described as a putative green alga and given the name <em>Electrophycus.</em> The dimensions and vegetative aspect of that taxon’s holotype specimen are identical with those of the <em>Eophylica</em> fossils. Four additional specimens were acquired by the senior author after the publication of <em>Electrophycus,</em> all of which have a single terminal flower that is either immature or essentially fully formed. Using techniques of floral dissection, high magnification microscopy, and microphotography of the better-developed flowers, we present a more detailed picture of the floral organs, especially the stamens and style, of <em>Eophylica.</em> These flowers differ from the holotype specimen of <em>Eophylica</em> and 3 of its paratypes in that they possess involucral bracts of a so-called ‘pseudanthial head,’ a structure that the authors of Eophylica had only ascribed to certain other paratype specimens of the genus.</p>}, number={1}, journal={Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas}, author={Poinar, Jr., George O. and Chambers, Kenton L.}, year={2022}, month={Jul.}, pages={63–72} }