Deccananthus Savitri, a new petrified flower from the deccan intertrappean beds of India

S.D. Chitaley; U.R. Kate

doi:10.54991/jop.1972.1494

Authors

S.D. Chitaley Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Nagpur
U.R. Kate Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Nagpur

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1972.1494

Abstract

The paper deals with the description of a new monocotyledonous, dichlamydeous, petrified flower from the Mohgaonkalan beds of the Deccan Intertrappean series of India. The flower is hermaphrodite, hypogynous, with six perianth members in two whorls, six epiphyllous stamens and tricarpellary, syncarpous ovary. Provisionally it is placed under Deccananthus savitrii gen. et sp. nov. with affinities shown to Palmaceae.

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