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

Abstract

Unisexual flowers are described for the first time from the Deccan Intertrappean Bed of Mohgaon-Kalan, Chhindwara District, Madhya Pradesh, India. The female flower viz., Flosfemina intertrappea is sessile with perianth and unilocular, superior ovary with many ovules. The male flower viz., Flosvirulis deccanensis has six perianth parts and six pairs of anther lobes reflecting six stamens. The anthers contain tricolporate, anguloaperturate, laevigate pollen.