Aeschynomene tertiara, a new fossil wood from the Deccan Intertrappean beds at Mahurzari near Nagpur, India

U. Prakash

doi:10.54991/jop.1962.613

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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.1962.613

Abstract

A new species of Aeschynomene, A. tertiara is described here from the Intertrappean beds of Mahurzari near Nagpur. The present finding forms the first fossil record of this genus. It is represented by about 300 modern species and is chiefly a tropical genus with a few species occurring in warm temperate areas. About one half of the species are hydrophytes found in marshes, mud holes, wet meadows, and along stream banks.

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