Dicotyledoneae - Myrtales - Lythraceae
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 Lagerstroemia according to M. Prasad et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Lagerstroemia eomicrocarpa, Lagerstroemia indica, Lagerstroemia jamraniensis, Lagerstroemia mioparviflora, Lagerstroemia patelii, Lagerstroemia siwalica
Type specimen: BSIP Museum No. 41353, 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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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