Baccatocarpon patani

Name

Baccatocarpon patani

Rank

Species

Original spelling

patanii

Generic Name

[Genus] Baccatocarpon

Authors (Pub.)

Patil S. W. Dahegaonkar R.  

Publication

Baccatocarpon patanii sp. nov. a new species of capsular fruit from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of Marai Patan, Tahsil-Jiwati, Dist. Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India [2021/4]

Journal

Advances in Zoology and Botany

Volume

9

Issue

3

Page number

74

Year

2021

Fossil Status

fruits

Stratigraphy

Maastrichtian

Strat. comment

Deccan Intertrappean

Location

Marai Patan, Tahsil-Jiwati, Dist. Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India

Paleoregion

Gondwana (Indostan)

Data for Holotypus

Repository

Department of Botany, Dr. Ambedkar College, Chandrapur, India

Repository Number

SWP/Ang. Fruit

Num

1: 1-6; 2: 7-12; text-figs. 1-6

Pub.

Baccatocarpon patanii sp. nov. a new species of capsular fruit from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of Marai Patan, Tahsil-Jiwati, Dist. Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India [2021/4]

Diagnosis

The fruit is a dicotyledonous, capsular fruit formed from pentalocular, syncarpous ovary with parietal placentation having two ovules and loculicidal dehiscence. The fruit measures 0.12 mm in length and 0.11 mm in width. The pericarp measures about 4.46-5.42 µm in width and is differentiates into epicarp, mesocarp and endocarp. The Pericarp enclosing two fettile locules with single seed in each locule and remaining three locules are without any seeds having circular parenchymatous cells. Epicarp is multilayered having hexagonal sclerenchymatous cell and measures about 1.10 µm in thickness. Mesocarp is multilayered having hexagonal sclerenchymatous cell and measures about 1.23 µm in thickness. Endocarp is the innermost layer of pericarp and measures about 2.13 µm in thickness.