Musostrobocaulon skutchii

Name

Musostrobocaulon skutchii

Rank

Species

Generic Name

[Genus] Musostrobocaulon

Authors (Pub.)

Bonde S. D.  

Publication

Musostrobocaulon skutchii gen. et sp. nov., a permineralized musaceous inflorescence axis from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of Mohgaonkalan, India [2008/11]

Journal

Palaeobotanist

Volume

57

Issue

3

Page number

431, 434

Year

2008

Fossil Status

inflorescences

Stratigraphy

Maastrichtian

Strat. comment

Deccan Intertrappean

Location

Mohgaonkalan, District Chhindwada, Madhya Pradesh, India

Paleoregion

Gondwana (Indostan)

Data for Holotypus

Repository

Agharkar Research Institute, Pune, India

Repository Number

MK 32/98 (slide Nos. 1-7)

Num

1: 1-4; 2: 1-5

Pub.

Musostrobocaulon skutchii gen. et sp. nov., a permineralized musaceous inflorescence axis from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of Mohgaonkalan, India [2008/11]

Diagnosis

Leaf sheath incomplete, thin. Fibre cells and fibre bundles present. Fibrovascular bundles elliptical; vessel large, single. Inflorescence axis cylindrical, 2.2 x 2.5 cm wide. Cortex thin, compact; fibre bundles and fibre cells present; fibrovascular bundles elliptical. Vascular region wide, indistinct; Fibrovascular bundles Scitaminean or Musa type (dumb-bell shaped). Peripheral region thin, vascular bundles small; air canals small. Central region wide, vascular bundles large; air canals large. Leaf-trace bundles present. Ground tissue aerenchymatous; cells thick walled, round to squarish, forming uniseriate diaphragms. Vessels wide, short. Laticifers and latex vessels frequent.