Siwalik plant fossils from the Himalayan foot hills of Himachal Pradesh, India and their significance on palaeoclimate

Phytomorphology: An International Journal of Plant Morphology

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 9-22

  Prasad, Mahesh ^a  

^a BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

Author keywords

Fruit and leaf impressions; Himachal Pradesh; Himalayan foot hills; Morphotaxonomy; Palaeoclimate; Siwalik

Indexed keywords

ANISOPTERA (PLANT); ARECACEAE; CLUSIACEAE; DIPTEROCARPACEAE; FABACEAE; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); FICUS BENJAMINA; FISSISTIGMA; FLACOURTIACEAE; HYDNOCARPUS; MELIACEAE; MELIOSMA; MILLETTIA; MORACEAE; SABIACEAE; TRICHILIA;

EID: 33846531862     PISSN: 00319449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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