Gardenia vagadkholia

Name

Gardenia vagadkholia

Rank

Species

Generic Name

[Genus] Gardenia

Authors (Pub.)

Singh H. Prasad M. Kumar K. Singh S. K.  

Publication

Paleobotanical remains from the Paleocene–lower Eocene Vagadkhol Formation, western India and their paleoclimatic and phytogeographic implications [2011/12]

Journal

Palaeoworld

Volume

20

Issue

4

Page number

340

Year

2011

Fossil Status

leaves

Stratigraphy

Paleocene

Strat. comment

Vagadkhol Formation

Location

Vagadkhol village, Bharuch District, Gujarat, India

Paleoregion

Eurasia (Indostan)

Data for Holotypus

Repository

Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India

Repository Number

BSIP 39768

Num

9

Pub.

Paleobotanical remains from the Paleocene–lower Eocene Vagadkhol Formation, western India and their paleoclimatic and phytogeographic implications [2011/12]

Diagnosis

Leaf simple, symmetrical and elliptic; size 89mm×36 mm; apex acute; base indistinct; margin entire; texture chartaceous; venation pinnate, simple craspedodromous to eucamptodromous; primary vein (1◦) single, prominent, stout, almost straight; secondary veins (2◦) about 17 pairs visible, closely placed, less than 5mm apart, alternate to sub-opposite, angle of divergence 50–60◦, moderate; 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 (3◦) fine, angle of origin RR, percurrent, almost straight, rarely branched, oblique in relation to midvein, predominantly alternate and close.