A petrified palm stem, Palmoxylon superbum, sp. nov. from Keria, Deccan Intertrappean Series, in Chhindwara district, M.P.

B.S. Trivedi; C.L. Verma

doi:10.54991/jop.1969.845

Authors

B.S. Trivedi Botany Department, Lucknow University, Lucknow
C.L. Verma Botany Department, Lucknow University, Lucknow

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1969.845

Abstract

In the present paper a new species of Palmoxylon, Palmoxylon superbum sp. nov. is described from the Deccan Intertrappean beds. The palm woods were collected from Keria, a village about 3·2 kilometers south of Mohgaon kalan, in Chhindwara district, M.P. The species is characterized by fundamental porous ground tissue and belongs to the subgroup Cordata of petrified palm woods.

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