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Medinilla siwalica

Angiospermae - Myrtales - Melastomataceae

Taxonomy
Medinilla siwalica was named by Prasad et al. (2017). It is not extant. Its type specimen is BSIP Museum No. 41352, a leaf. Its type locality is Purniyagiri Road Locality 8, which is in a Miocene fluvial shale in the Lower Formation of India.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Medinilla siwalica Prasad et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
classDicotyledoneae
RankNameAuthor
orderMyrtalesJussieu 1820
familyMelastomataceaede Jussieu 1789
genusMedinillaGaudichaud-Beaupré 1830
speciessiwalica

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Medinilla siwalica Prasad et al. 2017
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range: Middle Miocene or 15.98000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63India (Uttarakhand) Medinilla siwalica (type locality: 224498)