Cocos sahnii Kaul: A Cocos nucifera L.-like fruit from the Early Eocene rainforest of Rajasthan, western India

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 769-776

  Shukla, Anumeha ^a   Mehrotra, Rakesh C ^a   Guleria, Jaswant S ^a  

^a BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

Author keywords

Arecaceae; Coconut; Cocos sahnii; Fossil fruit; Origin; Palaeoclimate

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; EOCENE; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOSSIL; FRUIT; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RAINFOREST; SEMIARID REGION; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COCONUT; COCOS SAHNII; DESERT; EOCENE; FOSSIL PLANT; GENUS; INDIA; NONHUMAN; PLANT TAXONOMY; RAIN FOREST;

CLIMATE; COCOS; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; INDIA; PALEONTOLOGY; TREES;

INDIA; RAJASTHAN;

ARECACEAE; COCOS NUCIFERA;

EID: 84866741020     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: 09737138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12038-012-9233-3     Document Type: Article

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