Macrofossil evidence of Late Holocene presence of Aldrovanda vesiculosa L. in Central-Eastern Europe (Poland) and East Africa (Tanzania)

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dc.contributor.authorGałka, Mariusz
dc.contributor.authorBergonzini, Laurent
dc.contributor.authorWilliamson, David
dc.contributor.authorMajule, Amos
dc.contributor.authorMasao, Catherine A.
dc.contributor.authorHuguet, Arnaud
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-26T19:41:12Z
dc.date.available2016-06-26T19:41:12Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractTo date, the seeds of waterwheel plant (Aldrovanda vesiculosa) were only found in Europe, in sediments of the Eemian and Mazovian Interglacials. The absence of A. vesiculosa seeds in European Holocene deposits is probably due to unfavorable climatic conditions, i.e. lower temperature, during this period: in temperate zones, A. vesiculosa reproduces mainly in a vegetative way; it rarely blooms and only occasionally produces seeds. In this paper, subfossil seeds of A. vesiculosa were identified in two peat bogs: one (Sucha Kobyła) in SE Poland and another one (Kyambangunguru) in SW Tanzania. Single seeds of this plant were found in a peat layer from the Polish site formed after 1600 AD as well as in sediments accumulated around 440 AD in the Tanzanian one. To our knowledge, this is the first time that seeds of A. vesiculosa are found in Holocene deposits in the world. Our findings provide new data on the distribution of A. vesiculosa over the Late Holocene.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGałka, M., Bergonzini, L., Williamson, D., Majule, A., Masao, C. and Huguet, A., 2015. Macrofossil evidence of Late Holocene presence of Aldrovanda vesiculosa L. in central-eastern Europe (Poland) and East Africa (Tanzania). Quaternary International, 386, pp.186-190.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.quaint.2015.05.058
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2804
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.subjectHoloceneen_US
dc.subjectPlant macrofossilen_US
dc.subjectCarnivorous planten_US
dc.subjectWaterwheel planten_US
dc.subjectPeaten_US
dc.titleMacrofossil evidence of Late Holocene presence of Aldrovanda vesiculosa L. in Central-Eastern Europe (Poland) and East Africa (Tanzania)en_US
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Revieweden_US
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