01912nas a2200181   4500008004100000022001400041245009700055210006900152300001200221490000800233520135200241653001201593100001801605700002001623700001501643700002401658856004801682       2007                        eng d  a1612-412X00aNew fossil leaves of Araceae from the Late Cretaceous and Paleogene of western North America0 aNew fossil leaves of Araceae from the Late Cretaceous and Paleog  a133-1470 vA473 aThe fossil record of Araceae is expanded by three new leaf species from the Upper Cretaceous and Paleogene of North America: 1) Orontium wolfei BOGNER, K. JOHNSON, KVA{\v C}EK & UPCHURCH sp. nov. (Lower–Middle Eocene, northern Washington and southern British Columbia); 2) Orontium mackii BOGNER, K. JOHNSON, KVA{\v C}EK & UPCHURCH sp. nov. (Maastrichtian, New Mexico); and 3) Symplocarpus hoffmaniae BOGNER, K. JOHNSON, KVA{\v C}EK & UPCHURCH sp. nov. (uppermost Maastrichtian of North Dakota and lowermost Paleocene of Colorado). A fourth representative of Orontioideae, Lysichiton austriacus (J. KVA{\v C}EK & A.B. HERMAN ) BOGNER, K. JOHNSON, KVA{\v C}EK & UPCHURCH comb. nov., is based on a leaf fossil described from the lower Campanian of Grünbach, Austria, central Europe, and its name is re-combined herein from Araciphyllites. All species can be assigned to Araceae, subfamily Orontioideae, based on their distinctive patterns of venation, which are directly comparable to those of extant genera. This indicates that the Orontioideae originated sometime during the Cretaceous, and that the lineages related to extant genera were present by the Campanian-Maastrichtian. Climatic analysis of associated leaf assemblages indicates that the thermal tolerances of fossil Orontioideae mostly fall within the range of living representatives.10afossils1 aBogner, Josef1 aJohnson, K., R.1 aKvacek, Z.1 aJr., G., R. Upchurc  uhttps://cate-araceae.myspecies.info/node/20