Ziziphus prasadii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rosales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Unieurosida Ordo: Rosales

Familia: Rhamnaceae
Subfamilia: Ziziphoideae
Tribus: Paliureae
Genus: Ziziphus
Species: †Ziziphus prasadii

Name

†Ziziphus prasadii Doweld & R.K.Saxena, Geophytology 56(1): 66 (2026)

Synonyms

• Replaced synonym
• Ziziphus miocenica Mah.Prasad, Tert. Res. 15(2): 67, plate 5, figures 6, 7 (1994) (“miocenicus”) nom. illeg.

non Ziziphus miocenica K.I.M.Chesters, Palaeontographica, Abt. B, Paläophytol. 101(1–4): 47 (1957)

Type locality

• Lower Siwalik (Middle Miocene); Gola River beds, Kathgodam, Haldwani District, Uttarakhand, India.

Type material

• Holotype: BSIP Museum specimen no. 36882
  • Repository: Museum of the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India.

References

Primary references

• Saxena, R.K., Doweld, A.B. & Prasad, M. 2026. New names of fossil plant species, assigned to extant genera, from the Tertiary sediments of India and Nepal. Geophytology 56(1): 55–67. PDF Reference page.