A monocotyledonous inflorescence from the Deccan Intertrappean Beds of India

Abstract

A monocotyledonous inflorescence, Monocotylostrobus bracteatus gen. et sp. nov. are described from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of Mohgaon Kalan, Chhindwara District, Madhya Pradesh. Although the exact affinities of the inflorescence could not be ascertained, a close relationship with the families Palmae and Liliaceae is indicated.

A fossil palm fruit Hyphaeneocarpon indicum gen. et sp. nov. from the Deccan Intertrappean Beds, India

“…The petrified flower Deccananthus savitrii Chitaley & Kate (1974) is known from Mohgaonkalan and is said to show affinities with Palmae. Besides, a petrified inflorescence Monocotylostrobus bracteatus showing similarity with that of Palmae has also been recently described from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of Mohgaonkalan (Lakhanpal, Prakash & Bande, 1975.…”

Arecoideostrobus moorei gen. et sp. nov., a palm rachilla from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of India

“…Monocotylostrobus bracteatus Lakhanpal et al 1982 is a racemose inflorescence with three whorled trimerous perianth and a subtending bract in each flower. Its affinity has been suggested with Pal mae and Liliaceae.…”

Further observations on the structure and affinities of Monocotylostrobus bracteatus Lakhanpal, Prakash & Bande from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of India

“…whether the perianth consists of two or three whorls of perianth lobes is that character which still could not be ascertained. The anatomical details of the perianth are as described by Lakhanpal et at. (1982) Androeciwn-In accordance with the observations made by the earlier workers, in this material also.…”