Portulacaceocarpon bhuterense

Name

Portulacaceocarpon bhuterense

Rank

Species

Original spelling

bhuterensis

Generic Name

[Genus] Portulacaceocarpon

Authors (Pub.)

Borkar S. Nagrale V. D. Meshram S. M. Korpenwar A. N. Ramteke D. D.  

Publication

Taxonomical identification of a new petrified multiseeded capsular fruit from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of Bhutera, India [2016/9]

Journal

Palaeobotanist

Volume

65

Issue

2

Page number

277

Year

2016

Fossil Status

fruits

Stratigraphy

Maastrichtian

Strat. comment

Deccan Intertrappean

Location

Bhutera, Chhindwara District, Madhya Pradesh, India [(lat. 22º06.58' N, long. 79º08.42' E)]

Paleoregion

Gondwana (Indostan)

Data for Holotypus

Repository

Institute of Science, Department of Botany, Nagpur, India

Repository Number

VDN/Ang.Fruit

Num

1: 1-10; text-figs. 1: 1-9; 2: 1-5

Pub.

Taxonomical identification of a new petrified multiseeded capsular fruit from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of Bhutera, India [2016/9]

Diagnosis

Fruit is a unilocular capsule, obovate, measuring 2.5–3 mm in width. Fruit wall 70–81 μm thick, differentiated into epicarp, mesocarp and endocarp. Epicarp 10 μm thick, one layered of thin walled parenchymatous cells; mesocarp fleshy; endocarp 48–56 μm thick, 3–7 cells layered, polygonal, radially arranged thin walled cells. Free central placentation, seed attached with funicle, total 18 seeds, presence of hilum. Each seed wall measuring 21 μm in size. Seed coat differentiated into two layers, bitegmic. Endospermic nucleus, dicot embryo, hypostase at chalazal end.