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Lagerstroemia himachalensis
Lagerstroemia himachalensis Mah. Prasad, Huk. Singh, S.K. Singh J. Palaeosci., 74(2): 92. 31 Dec 2025
- Name
- Lagerstroemia himachalensis
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Lagerstroemia
- Authors (Pub.)
- Prasad M.
Singh H.
Singh S. K.
- Publication
- Fossil leaves of the genera, Canarium Linn. (Burseraceae) and Lagerstroemia Linn. (Lythraceae) from Middle Siwalik sediments of Himachal Pradesh, India: phytogeographic and palaeoclimatic implications [2025/12]
- Journal
- Journal of Palaeosciences
- Volume
- 74
- Issue
- 2
- Page number
- 92
- Year
- 2025
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Messinian
- Strat. comment
- Middle Siwalik Group; Upper Miocene
- Location
- Sagoti Bridge section near Bawali (31º44.265': 76º43.339') about 7 km from Sarkaghat on Sarkaghat–Dharampur Road, Mandi District, Himachal Pradesh, India
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Indostan)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India
- Repository Number
- BSIP Museum specimens No. 41269–41270
- Diagnosis
- Leaf narrowly elliptic, measuring 8.8 × 5.3 cm and 9.0 × 4.9 cm. Base obtuse; margin entire; venation pinnate, eucamptodromous; primary vein stout; secondary veins in seven pairs, spaced from 0.4–2.5 cm apart; the lowest pair closely placed, alternate to sub–opposite, diverging at angles of 60º–85º; intersecondary veins present; tertiary veins fine, arising at AO–RR angles, percurrent, oblique to the mid–vein, and ranging from close to nearly distant.
