Gardenia precoronaria

Name

Gardenia precoronaria

Rank

Species

Generic Name

[Genus] Gardenia

Authors (Pub.)

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

Publication

Plant megaflora from the Siwalik (Upper Miocene) of Darjeeling District, West Bengal, India and its palaeoclimatic and phytogeographic significance [2015/12]

Journal

Palaeobotanist

Volume

64

Issue

1–2

Page number

56

Year

2015

Fossil Status

leaves

Stratigraphy

Tortonian

Strat. comment

Geabdat Sandstone Formation (Middle Siwalik); Upper Miocene (Sarmatian to Pontian)

Location

Lish River Section, Oodlabari area, Darjeeling District, West Bengal, India

Paleoregion

Eurasia (Indostan)

Data for Holotypus

Repository

Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India

Repository Number

40377

Num

20: 3

Pub.

Plant megaflora from the Siwalik (Upper Miocene) of Darjeeling District, West Bengal, India and its palaeoclimatic and phytogeographic significance [2015/12]

Diagnosis

Leaf simple, symmetrical and wide elliptic; size 9.6 x 6.7 cm; apex broken; base indistinct; margin entire; texture chartaceous; venation pinnate, simple craspedodromous to eucamptodromous; primary vein single, prominent, stout, almost straight; secondary veins about 10–11 pairs visible, angle of divergence about 80º, moderate to right angle; apical secondary of one side of midrib are with more angle and curved uniformly upwards while other secondary veins run straight upwards and curved slightly near the margin, unbranched; tertiary veins fine, angle of origin RR, percurrent, almost straight, rarely branched, oblique in relation to midvein, predominantly alternate and close.