Studies in the Indian Middle Gondwana Flora: 3. Platyspermic seeds and Megaspore impressions from the South Rewa Gondwana Basin

K.M. Lele

doi:10.54991/jop.1962.615

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K.M. Lele Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

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https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1962.615

Abstract

Platyspermic seeds referable to two new species of Cordaicarpus and two new species of Samaropsis are described. The interesting occurrence of a large number of megaspores preserved as impressions or moulds is recorded. These megaspores are distinguishable into two distinct types.

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