Fossil Wood of Subfamily Detarioideae (Family Fabaceae) from the Paleogene of the Indian Subcontinent: Origin and Palaeo-Dispersal Pathways
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Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, 53 University Road, Lucknow – 226 007
Anumeha Shukla -
Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, 53 University Road, Lucknow – 226 007
Hukam Singh
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Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, 53 University Road, Lucknow – 226 007
R. C. Mehrotra
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A new fossil wood of Hopeoxylon i.e. H. umarsarensis sp. nov. showing close resemblance with the modern wood of Sindora/Copaifera of the subfamily Detarioideae (family Fabaceae) is described from the Umarsar lignite mine of Kutch basin, Gujarat that belongs to the Naredi Formation of the early Eocene age. Detarioideae is one of the reinstated subfamilies of the Fabaceae with diversity much higher in tropical Africa than in South America orAsia. The relics of this subfamily are known from the Paleocene onwards from various horizons of America, Africa, Europe, India and Southeast Asia. This is the oldest fossil record of the genus Sindora/Copaifera which contributes towards the understanding of the origin and palaeo-dispersal pathways of this early-diverging subfamily within the early branching Fabaceae.Downloads
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