Partha a new type of female fructification from the lower gondwana of India

Authors

  • K.R. Surange Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
  • Shaila Chandra Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

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https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1971.917

Abstract

Two species of a female reproductive organ are described under a new generic name Partha. Fertile leaf petiolate, lamina oval-spathulate with no midrib. Two to four pedicels bearing cupuJes spring from the middle of the petiole. Each pedicel carries 2-4 cupules at its apical end. Two species described are Partha indica and Partha spathulata.

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References

Surange and Maheshwari 1970. Some male and female fructification of Glossopteridales from India. Palaeontographica 129 Pt. B: 178-191.

Thomas H Hamshaw 1958. Lidgettonia, a new type of fertile Glosssopteris. Bull. Brit. Mus. (nat. hist.) 3 (5): 179-189.

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Published

1971-12-31

How to Cite

Surange, K., & Chandra, S. (1971). Partha a new type of female fructification from the lower gondwana of India. Journal of Palaeosciences, 20(1-3), 356–360. https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1971.917

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