Studies in the Glossopteris Flora of India- 38. Remarks on Trizygia Speciosa Royle with Reference to the Genus Sphenophyllum Koenig

H.K. Maheshwari

doi:10.54991/jop.1967.529

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H.K. Maheshwari Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53 University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

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https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1967.529

Abstract

On the basis of morphographical, epidermal and palaeogeographical differences it is proposed to separate Sphenophyllum speciosllm (Royle, 1839) M'Clelland, 1850 from the genus Sphenophyllum Koenig and revert to the original nomenclature, i.e. Trizygia speciosa Royle, 1839.

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