Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae
Full reference: J. S. Antal and N. Awasthi. 1993. Fossil flora from the Himalayan foot-hills of Darjeeling District, West Bengal and its palaeoecological and phytogeographical significance. The Palaeobotanist 42(1):14-60
Belongs to Bauhinia according to M. Prasad 2008
Sister taxa: Bauhinia aculeata, Bauhinia acuminata, Bauhinia alabamensis, Bauhinia cretacea, Bauhinia deomalica, Bauhinia divaricata, Bauhinia gigantea, Bauhinia kachchhensis, Bauhinia marylandica, Bauhinia nepalensis, Bauhinia pseudocotyledon, Bauhinia purniyagiriensis, Bauhinia purpurea, Bauhinia ripleyensis, Bauhinia scandens, Bauhinia siwalika, Bauhinia tomentosa, Bauhinia ungulata, Bauhinia variegata, Bauhinia wenshanensis, Bauhinia wyomingana
Type specimen: Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow, BSIP 36924. Its type locality is Right bank of Ramthi River, Oodlabari, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene fluvial shale in India.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Right bank of Ramthi River, Oodlabari
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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