Popowia siwalica

Name

Popowia siwalica

Rank

Species

Generic Name

[Genus] Popowia

Authors (Pub.)

Prasad M. Alok Kannaujia A. K. Kumar S. Singh S. K.  

Publication

Middle Miocene flora from Siwalik foreland basin of Uttarakhand, India and its phytogeographic and palaeoclimatic implications [2017]

Journal

Palaeobotanist

Volume

60

Issue

1–2

Page number

230

Year

2017

Fossil Status

leaves

Stratigraphy

Miocene

Strat. comment

Lower Siwalik Formation

Location

Spot No. 1 (29º8'27.4": 80º11'6.9"), near Hanuman Chatti, Purniyagiri Road section, Tanakpur, Champawat District, Uttarakhand, India

Paleoregion

Eurasia (Indostan)

Data for Holotypus

Repository

Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India

Repository Number

BSIP Museum No. 41291

Num

1: 9, 10

Pub.

Middle Miocene flora from Siwalik foreland basin of Uttarakhand, India and its phytogeographic and palaeoclimatic implications [2017]

Diagnosis

Leaf simple, symmetrical, elliptic, preserved size 3.8 x 1.9 cm and 3.5 x 2.6 cm; apex broken in both specimens; base obtuse; margin entire; petiole not preserved; texture chartaceous; venation pinnate, eucamptodromous; primary vein (1º) single, slightly curved, stout; secondary vei ns (2º) 6–7 pairs visible, 0.5 to 0.8 cm apart, alternate to sub opposite, angle of divergence about 55º, moderately acute, uniformly curved up, secondary veins run upward to a little distance, unbranched; tertiary veins (3º) fine, angle of origin usually RR, percurrent, almost straight, rarely branched, oblique in relation to midvein, predominantly alternate and close.