Leaf cuticles from the neyveli lignite of India

C.L. Verma; Urmilla Upadhyay; R.K. Srivastava

doi:10.54991/jop.1988.1619

Authors

C.L. Verma Department of Botany, University of Lucknow, Lucknow 226007, India
Urmilla Upadhyay Department of Botany, University of Lucknow, Lucknow 226007, India
R.K. Srivastava Department of Botany, University of Lucknow, Lucknow 226007, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1988.1619

Keywords:

Morphology, Cuticles, Shorea, Cryptostegia, Lagerstroemia, Neyveli Lignite (India)

Abstract

The paper reports some leaf remains from the Neyveli lignite of South Arcot District, Tamil Nadu. The fossil cuticles resemble cuticles of extant Shorea (Dipterocarpaceae), Cryptostegia (Asclepiadaceae) and Lagerstroemia (Lythraceae).

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