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Lindera neobifaria
Lindera neobifaria M.A. Khan, S. Bera Turk. J. Bot., 38(3): 456. 31 Mar 2014
- Name
- Lindera neobifaria
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Lindera
- Authors (Pub.)
- Khan M. A.
Bera S.
- Publication
- New lauraceous species from the Siwalik forest of Arunachal Pradesh, eastern Himalaya, and their palaeoclimatic and palaeogeographic implications [2014/3]
- Journal
- Turkish Journal of Botany
- Volume
- 38
- Issue
- 3
- Page number
- 456
- Year
- 2014
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Pliocene
- Strat. comment
- Middle part of the Siwalik succession of sediments (Subansiri Formation)
- Location
- Road section, Bhalukpong area, opposite from Jangchip Chorten of West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh, India
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Indostan)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Botany Department, University of Kolkata, Kolkata, India
- Repository Number
- CUH/PPL/B/21
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Botany Department, University of Kolkata, Kolkata, India
- Repository Number
- CUH/PPL/B/21a; CUH/PPL/B/21b
- Diagnosis
- Leaf simple, asymmetrical, elliptic;
preserved maximum lamina length 4.5 cm and maximum
width 2.1 cm; apex acuminate; base asymmetrical, acute;
margin entire; texture chartaceous; petiole missing;
venation pinnate, eucamptodromous; primary vein
(1º) single, stout, more or less straight; secondary veins
seemingly 4 pairs preserved, 0.2 cm to 1 cm apart, alternate,
basal secondaries more acute than upper secondaries,
secondary veins (2º) uniformly curved up, unbranched,
angle of divergence acute, moderate, 50°–60°; tertiary
veins (3º) poorly preserved, angle of origin nearly RR,
percurrent, oblique in relation to midvein.
