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Persea neovillosa
Persea neovillosa A.M. Khan, S. Bera J. Earth Sci., 27(5): 885. 1 Oct 2016
- Name
- Persea neovillosa
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Persea
- Authors (Pub.)
- Khan A. M.
Bera S.
- Publication
- Occurrence of Persea Mill. from the Siwalik forest of Darjeeling, eastern Himalaya: paleoclimatic and paleogeographic implications [2016/10]
- Journal
- Journal of Earth Science
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 5
- Page number
- 885
- Year
- 2016
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Miocene
- Strat. comment
- Gish Clay Formation of Sevok Group
- Location
- Road section exposed along the NH 31 near the Sevok Bridge, Darjeeling District, West Bengal, India
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Indostan)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Botany Department, University of Kolkata, Kolkata, India
- Repository Number
- CUH/PPL/DJL/11A
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Botany Department, University of Kolkata, Kolkata, India
- Repository Number
- CUH/PPL/DJL/11B
- Diagnosis
- Leaf simple, symmetrical, simple, narrow elliptic; preserved lamina length 6.5 cm, maximum width 2.3 cm; apex acute; base seemingly acute; margin entire; texture coriaceous; venation pinnate, eucamptodromous; primary vein (1º) single, prominent, straight, slightly thicker in the basal portion than in the middle and upper portion; secondary veins (2º) 6 pairs visible, 0.7 to 1.2 cm apart, uniformly curved up, angle of divergence acute, narrow to moderate (40º–60º), alternate, unbranched; intersecondery veins and tertiary veins (3º) not clearly visible.
