Studia botanica hungarica

Author(s): Bande, M. B. & Awasthi, N.
Title: New thoughts on the structure and affinities of Viracarpon hexaspermum Sahni from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of India
Year: 1986
Volume: 19
Pages: 13-22.

Abstract: A monocotyledonous infruetescence Viracarpon hexaspermum Sahni from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of Mohgaonkalan, Marihya Pradesh, India has been critically re-investigated based on a number of well-preserved specimens recovered from the chert. Some significant characters not observed by earlier workers have been described. Based on this study a new reconstruction of the whole fructification as well as individual fruit has been proposed. Earlier workers suggested the affinities of the fructification with Cyclanthaceae, Araceae and Pandanaceae. However, in the light of our critical observations it has been found that the affinities of this infructiscence are not with any of the above-mentioned families and still remain unknown.
Subject: botany

Journal: Studia botanica hungarica
Journal abbreviation: Studia bot. hung.
ISSN: 0301-7001
Publisher: Múzsák Közművelődési Kiadó, Budapest
Editor(s): Hably, L. & Nemes, I.