Additional features of Aristolochioxylon prakashii Kulkarni & Patil from Nawargaon Intertrappeans, Maharashtra

Kalpana Datar; K.S. Patil

doi:10.54991/jop.2006.93

Authors

Kalpana Datar Department of Botany, Shivaji University, Kolhapur 416004, India
K.S. Patil Rtd. Principal, Smt. K. W College, Sangli, 416 416, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.2006.93

Keywords:

Aristolochioxylon, Deccan Intertrappean beds, Maharashtra, India

Abstract

The present paper deals with the additional characters of Aristolochioxylon prakashii Kulkarni and Patil recovered from Nawargaon Intertrappeans, district Wardha, Maharashtra. It is characterised in having complete cortex, less primary xylem poles and intact parenchymatous pith. This is the second report of occurrence of family Aristolochiaceae from Deccan Intertrappean beds of Wardha District.

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