Unisexual flowers from the Deccan Intertrappean Bed of Madhya Pradesh, India

R.K. Kar; K. Ambwani; A. Sahni; P. Sharma

doi:10.54991/jop.2003.1754

Authors

R.K. Kar Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
K. Ambwani Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
A. Sahni Centre of Advanced Study in Geology, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
P. Sharma Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.2003.1754

Keywords:

Unisexual flowers, Deccan Intertrappean, Maastrichtian, India, Angiosperm

Abstract

Unisexual flowers are described for the first time from the Deccan Intertrappean Bed of MohgaonKalan, Chhindwara District, Madhya Pradesh, India. The female flower viz., Flosfemina intertrappea is sessile with perianth and unilocular, superior ovary with many ovules. The male flower viz., Flosvirulis deccanensis has six perianth parts and six pairs of anther lobes reflecting six stamens. The anthers contain tricolporate, anguloaperturate, laevigate pollen.