Studies in the Deccan Intertrappean flora: Two palm woods from Mohgaon Kalan

U. Prakash

doi:10.54991/jop.1958.579

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U. Prakash Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

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https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1958.579

Abstract

The present paper deals with the anatomy of two new species of Palmoxylon, P. dakshinense and P. chhindwarense, collected from the Intertrappean beds of Mohgaon Kalan in Chhindwara District of Madhya Pradesh.

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