Angiospermae - Malvales - Dipterocarpaceae
Full reference: M. A. Khan, R. A. Spicer, and S. Bera. 2016. Systematic descriptions, in Occurrence of Shorea Roxburgh ex C. F. Gaertner (Dipterocarpaceae) in the Neogene Siwalik forests of eastern Himalaya and its biogeography during the Cenozoic of Southeast Asia. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 233:236-254
Belongs to Shorea according to M. A. Khan et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Shorea bengalensis, Shorea burmindica, Shorea chandernagarensis, Shorea eutrapizifolia, Shorea miocenica, Shorea miocurtisii, Shorea mioobtusa, Shorea nepalensis, Shorea palaeostellata, Shorea pinjoliensis, Shorea pliotumbuggaia, Shorea siwalika
Type specimen: Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, CUH/PPL/B/f/1, a seed/fruit. Its type locality is Bhalukpong-Tawang Road cutting, Bhalukpong, which is in a Pliocene fluvial siltstone in the Subansiri Formation of India.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Bhalukpong-Tawang Road cutting, Bhalukpong
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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