Kapgateophyllum shiblii U.B.Deshmukh, 2021

Deshmukh, Umakant Bhoopati, 2021, Kapgateophyllum gen. nov. (Acanthaceae), Phytotaxa 500 (2), pp. 147-148 : 147-148

Kapgateophyllum shiblii U.B.Deshmukh , sp. nov.

Holotype:— DDR /Ang. Leaf/ Deposited in Dept. of Botany, JMPC. Bhandara (for the image of the holotype see Ramteke & Kapgate 2014: 129, Figures 1, 2, and 4).

– Acanthophyllum D.D. Ramteke & D.K. Kapgate Int. J. Res. Biosci. Agric. Techn. (Special Issue): 128, 2014, nom. inval. (Art. 43.3 of Shenzhen Code; Turland et al. 2018).

Description:— A leaf measuring 8.0 mm in length, lateral lamina on right side 4.2 mm and on left side 3.8 mm in length and 10–13 µm thick. Midrib ranges 4.1 × 5.6 mm in size. Epidermis single layered, Mesophyll differentiated into palisade measuring 77–80 µm and spongy parenchyma with intercellular spaces, measuring 65–72 µm in diameter. Median vascular bundle is well preserved; lateral vascular bundle is conjoint, collateral and open. In mesophyll secretary canals present measuring 135–142 µm. Stomata are confined in the upper epidermis. Metaxylem elements measuring 80–90 µm and protoxylem 55–65 µm in size.

Horizon:— Deccan Intertrappean Series.

Locality:— Shibla, Yeotmal, Maharashtra, India.

Age:— Uppermost Cretaceous (Maastrichitian).