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Ardisia siwalika
Ardisia siwalika Mah. Prasad, S.M. Pandey, Ay. Singh, Huk. Singh, S.K. Singh Geophytology, 55(2): 234. 30 Nov 2025
- Name
- Ardisia siwalika
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Ardisia
- 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
- 234
- Year
- 2025
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Miocene
- Strat. comment
- Middle Siwalik Formation; Upper Miocene
- Location
- Sagoti bridge section near Bawali (31º44.265':76º.43.339') about 7 km from Sarkaghat on Sarkaghat- Dharampur 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. 41272-41274
- Diagnosis
- Leaves oblanceolate; 8.5 x 5.0 cm and 8.5 x 5.0 cm; base cuneate, margin entire; venation pinnate, eucamptodromous; primary vein prominent, curved; secondary veins only 4 pairs visible, 1.3 to 2.3 cm apart, angle of divergence 55°-75°, alternate, intersecondary veins present, frequent; tertiary veins fine
with angle of origin usually RR, percurrent, oblique in relation to midvein, predominantly alternate, close to nearly distant.
