†Persea purniyagiriensis Lakhanpal and Guleria 1978 (laurel)
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Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae
Belongs to Persea according to M. Prasad 2008
See also Srivastava 1991
Sister taxa: Persea borbonia, Persea brossiana, Persea coloradica, Persea dilleri, Persea hayana, Persea leconteana, Persea longipetiolata, Persea mycrophylla, Persea praelingue, Persea pseudocarolinensis, Persea pubescens, Persea punctulata, Persea schimperi, Persea speciosa, Persea sternbergii, Persea valida, Persea wilcoxiana
Type specimen: Its type locality is Road Cutting, Thuligad to Purniyagiri Temple, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene fluvial horizon in India
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Road Cutting, Thuligad to Purniyagiri Temple
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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