Annona miocenica Prasad et al. 2017 (custard apple)

Angiospermae - Magnoliales - Annonaceae

Full reference: M. Prasad, A. K. Kannaujia, S. Kumar and S. K. Singh. 2017. Middle Miocene flora from Siwalik foreland basin of Uttarakhand, India and its phytogeographic and palaeoclimatic implications. The Palaeobotanist 66:223-312

Belongs to Annona according to M. Prasad et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Annona africana, Annona asiatica, Annona glabra, Annona muricata, Annona reticulata, Annona squamosa, Annona triloba, Anona ampla, Anona cretacea, Anona eolignitica, Anona glabra, Anona koilabasensis, Anona peruviana, Anona robusta, Anona spoliata, Anona wilcoxiana

Type specimen: BSIP Museum No. 41288, a leaf. Its type locality is Hanuman Chatti, Purniyagiri Road Locality 1, which is in a Miocene fluvial claystone in the Lower Formation of India.

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Hanuman Chatti, Purniyagiri Road Locality 1

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