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

Abstract

Based on some more specimens recovered from the Deccan Intertrappean chert of Mohgaonkalan. The fossil inflourescence. Monocotylostrobus bracteatus Prakash & Bande 1982 has been restudied. Many new characters have been observed and added to its diagnosis given earlier. On the basis of new observations, a reconstruction of the inflorescence has been attempted and the affinities reassessed.

Unisexual flowers from the Deccan Intertrappean Bed of Madhya Pradesh, India

“…(1975Lakhanpal el at. ( , 1982, Bande (1993) investigated a monocotyledonous inflorescence. Bonde (1996) reported Arecoideoslrobus-a palm rachilla from the intertrappean bed.…”