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Bauhinia purniyagiriensis

Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae

Taxonomy
Bauhinia purniyagiriensis was named by Prasad et al. (2017). It is not extant. Its type specimen is BSIP Museum No. 41336, 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.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Bauhinia purniyagiriensis Prasad et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Fabid
orderFabalesBromhead 1838
familyFabaceaeLindley 1836
genusBauhinia
speciespurniyagiriensis

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Bauhinia purniyagiriensis 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 15.97000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608India (Uttarakhand) Bauhinia purniyagiriensis (type locality: 224493)