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Scolopia himachalensis
Scolopia himachalensis Mah. Prasad, S.M. Pandey, Ay. Singh, Huk. Singh, S.K. Singh Geophytology, 55(2): 226. 30 Nov 2025
- Name
- Scolopia himachalensis
- Rank
- Species
- Original spelling
- Scolpia
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Scolopia
- Authors (Pub.)
- Prasad M.
Pandey S. M.
Singh A.
Singh H.
Singh S. K.
- Publication
- Upper Miocene flora of Sarkaghat area in the Himalayan foreland basin of Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh, India and its palaeoclimatic and phytogeographic significance [2025/11]
- Journal
- Geophytology
- Volume
- 55
- Issue
- 2
- Page number
- 226
- Year
- 2025
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Miocene
- Strat. comment
- Middle Siwalik Group; Upper Miocene
- Location
- Near Maseran (31.6918º N: 76.7468º) about 8 km from Sarkaghat on Sarkaghat-Rewaslser road, Mandi District, Himachal Pradesh, India
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Indostan)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India
- Repository Number
- BSIP Museum Specimen no. 41245-41246
- Diagnosis
- Leaf narrow ovate, 8.0 x 3.0 cm; apex acute; margin almost entire; venation pinnate, eucamptodromous; primary vein prominent, secondary veins about 6-7 pairs visible, less than 0.7 to 2.1 cm apart, uniformly curved up, basal pair of secondary arises from the base and run upward for a long distance,
alternate, angle of divergence about 40°- 55°; tertiary veins arise from midvein are looking like intersecondary veins; tertiary veins with angle of origin usually RR to AO, towards margin the AO pattern is common, percurrent, branched frequently, curved to sinuous, oblique to right angle in relation to midvein and close.
