†Securidaca precorymbosa Prasad et al. 2017 (milkwort)
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Angiospermae - Fabales - Polygalaceae
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 Securidaca according to M. Prasad et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Securidaca miocenica, Securidaca volubilis
Type specimen: BSIP Museum No. 41295, a leaf. Its type locality is Purniyagiri Road Locality 8, which is in a Miocene fluvial shale in the Lower Formation of India.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Purniyagiri Road Locality 8
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