Cyclanthodendron remains from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of Madhya Pradesh, India

B.S. Trivedi; C.L. Verma

doi:10.54991/jop.1976.1040

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B.S. Trivedi Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
C.L. Verma Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

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https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1976.1040

Abstract

Small, sometimes large remains of Cyclanthodendron, viz., roots, rhizomes, stems, leaf-sheaths and leaves either in organic connection or dispersed have been described from time to time from the Deccan Intertrappean Series of Madhya Pradesh, India by various workers. Fruits with peduncle are being described here for the first time. These attached fruits closely resemble dispersed fruits known as Tricocciles trigonum. The fruit peduncle anatomically is identical with the stem of Cyclanthodendron sahnii. Affinities with living members of the families Cyclanthaceae, Palmae, Pandanaceae and Araceae are discussed in detail and possible relationships have been indicated. From the new evidence adduced here it becomes quite clear that the fossil fruit or for that matter even the stem of Cyclanthodendron cannot be accommodated in any living family of the angiosperms.

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