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Gardenia eocenica
Gardenia eocenica Anum. Shukla, R.C. Mehrotra, S.N. Ali J. Asian Earth Sci., 166: 157. 23 Jul 2018
- Name
- Gardenia eocenica
- Rank
- Species
- Original spelling
- eocenicus
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Gardenia
- Authors (Pub.)
- Shukla A.
Mehrotra R. C.
Ali S. N.
- Publication
- Early Eocene leaves of northwestern India and their response to climate
change [2018/7]
- Journal
- Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
- Volume
- 166
- Page number
- 157
- Year
- 2018
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Ypresian
- Strat. comment
- Palana Formation
- Location
- Gurha lignite mine (East), Bikaner district, Rajasthan, India
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Indostan)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India
- Repository Number
- BSIP 41609
- Diagnosis
- Leaves asymmetrical, complete, microphyll, elliptic, preserved lamina length 3–4.6 cm, preserved width 1.5–2 cm; apex seemingly acute but most of the leaves have round apiecs due to insectivory; base acute; margin entire; texture coriaceous; petiole normal; venation eucamptodromous; primary vein moderate to stout; secondary veins alternate to opposite, distance between two secondaries 0.04–0.3 cm, numerous, closely spaced, departing the primary vein almost at right angle at the base, wide acute to acute upwards,
joining super adjacent secondaries by percurrent tertiaries; tertiary veins percurrent, sinuous.
