Aeschynomenoxylon mohgaonse

Name

Aeschynomenoxylon mohgaonse

Rank

Species

Generic Name

[Genus] Aeschynomenoxylon

Authors (Pub.)

Yadav A. M. Bhowal M. Narkhede S. D.  

Publication

A fossil dicot wood Aeschynomenoxylon mohgaonse sp. nov. from the Deccan Intertrappean Beds of Mohgaonkalan, M.P., India [2013]

Journal

IOSR Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences

Volume

6

Issue

2

Page number

90

Year

2013

Fossil Status

stems (wood)

Stratigraphy

Maastrichtian

Strat. comment

Deccan Intertrappean

Location

Mohgaonkalan, Kirnapur Tehsil, Balaghat District, Madhya Pradesh State, India

Paleoregion

Gondwana (Indostan)

Data for Holotypus

Repository

Institute of Science, Department of Botany, Nagpur, India

Repository Number

AMY. / Wood-3

Num

1: 1-7; 2: 1-5

Pub.

A fossil dicot wood Aeschynomenoxylon mohgaonse sp. nov. from the Deccan Intertrappean Beds of Mohgaonkalan, M.P., India [2013]

Diagnosis

Angiospermic diffuse porus wood, vessels solitary usually small, occasionally of medium size and its diameter varying between 62μm to 100μm. The vessel frequency is 2 to 3 per sq. mm. The vessel member length varies from 322μm to 401μm. Xylem parenchyma scanty with paratracheal vasicentri type, Intervascular pitting are simple and alternate. Pit pore circular in shape.Perforation plate simple.Wood rays uniseriate only. Rays are homogenous and made up of procumbent cells only, frequency of rays is 18 to 20 sq per. mm., and breadth is about 19.10μm to 24.16μm., height of ray is 204.12μm to 233.31μm. Fibers are non-septate and storied.