A further investigation of the ligneous fossils of Combretaceae from South India

C.G.K. Ramanujam

doi:10.54991/jop.1965.737

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C.G.K. Ramanujam Department of Botany, Osmania University, Hyderabad

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https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1965.737

Abstract

The paper deals with a study of three new species of silicified woods of Terminalioxylon recently collected from the Cuddalore sandstones near Pondicherry in South India. These are viz., T. grandiporosum sp. nov., T. traumaticum sp. nov., and T. coromandelinum sp. nov. With these the rocks of Cuddalore series have so far yielded altogether seven species of Terminalioxylon. Based upon the known palaeobotanical data, the past and present distributional pattern of Terminalia has been briefly discussed.

A key for the identification of the known species of Terminalioxylon has been provided.

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