Dalbergia tanakpurensis Prasad et al. 2017 (legume)

Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae

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 Dalbergia according to M. Prasad et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Dalbergia apiculata, Dalbergia calvertensis, Dalbergia coloradensis, Dalbergia cuneifolia, Dalbergia eocenica, Dalbergia eucultrata, Dalbergia hyperborea, Dalbergia irregularis, Dalbergia knowltoni, Dalbergia latifolia, Dalbergia lesquereuxii, Dalbergia minor, Dalbergia minuta, Dalbergia miosericea, Dalbergia miovolubilis, Dalbergia monospermoides, Dalbergia rubra, Dalbergia severnensis, Dalbergia sissoo, Dalbergia siwalika, Dalbergia tennesseensis, Dalbergia wilcoxiana

Type specimen: BSIP Museum No. 41344, a leaf. Its type locality is Purniyagiri Road Locality 4, which is in a Miocene fluvial shale in the Lower Formation of India.

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Purniyagiri Road Locality 4

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