Palmophyllum Dakshinense sp. nov. a Petrified Fragment of a Palm Leaf the Deccan Intertrappean Beds

Vimala Achuthan

doi:10.54991/jop.1967.508

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Vimala Achuthan Department of Botany, University of Lucknow

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https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1967.508

Abstract

Transverse sections of the lamina of a fragmentary petrified monocot leaf are described in detail. As it shows many palm lamina characters it is referred to the genus Palmophyllum with a slight emendment of the diagnosis of the genus and is designated Palmophyllum dakshinense.

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