Callistemonites indicus Bande et al. 1986 (myrtle)

Dicotyledoneae - Myrtales - Myrtaceae

Full reference: M. B. Bande, R. C. Mehrotra, and U. Prakash. 1986. Occurrence of Australian elements from the Deccan Intertrappean flora of India. The Palaeobotanist 35:1-12

Belongs to Callistemonites according to M. B. Bande et al. 1986

See also Srivastava 1991

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Ghughua, Shahpura, which is in a Paleogene fluvial horizon in the Deccan Intertrappean Formation of India

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Ghughua, Shahpura

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