Combretum purniyagiriense Prasad et al. 2017 (bushwillow)

Dicotyledoneae - Myrtales - Combretaceae

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 Combretum according to M. Prasad et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Combretum miocenicum, Combretum obovalis, Combretum ovalis, Combretum prechinense, Combretum sahnii, Combretum wilcoxensis

Type specimen: BSIP Museum No. 413451, a leaf. Its type locality is Purniyagiri Road Locality 6, which is in a Miocene fluvial shale in the Lower Formation of India.

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Purniyagiri Road Locality 6

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