[HTML][HTML] Siwalik plant megafossil diversity in the Eastern Himalayas: A review

MA Khan, S Mahato, RA Spicer, TEV Spicer, A Ali… - Plant Diversity, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Eastern Himalayas are renowned for their high plant diversity. To understand
how this modern botanical richness formed, it is critical to investigate past plant biodiversity …

[HTML][HTML] Cenozoic topography, monsoons and biodiversity conservation within the Tibetan Region: An evolving story

RA Spicer, A Farnsworth, T Su - Plant Diversity, 2020 - Elsevier
The biodiversity of the Himalaya, Hengduan Mountains and Tibet, here collectively termed
the Tibetan Region, is exceptional in a global context. To contextualize and understand the …

Triplinerved cinnamon from the Siwalik (middle Miocene) of eastern Himalaya: Systematics, epifoliar fossil fungi, palaeoecology and biogeography

S Mahato, T Hazra, S More, MA Khan - Geobios, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Cinnamomum Schaeffer (avocado, family Lauraceae), commonly known as
cinnamon tree, is a highly diverse, economically important evergreen element of tropical and …

Miocene diversification of a golden‐thread nanmu tree species (Phoebe zhennan, Lauraceae) around the Sichuan Basin shaped by the East Asian monsoon

JH Xiao, X Ding, L Li, H Ma, XQ Ci… - Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the role of climate changes and geography as drivers of population
divergence and speciation is a long‐standing goal of evolutionary biology and can inform …

Occurrence of Shorea Roxburgh ex CF Gaertner (Dipterocarpaceae) in the Neogene Siwalik forests of eastern Himalaya and its biogeography during the Cenozoic of …

MA Khan, RA Spicer, TEV Spicer, S Bera - Review of Palaeobotany and …, 2016 - Elsevier
We report the occurrence of two leaf impressions and one leaf compression along with one
winged fruit and two fruiting calyx lobes, resembling those of Shorea Roxburgh ex CF …

Leaf cuticular morphology of some angiosperm taxa from the Siwalik sediments (middle Miocene to lower Pleistocene) of Arunachal Pradesh, eastern Himalaya …

MA Khan, S Bera, R Ghosh, RA Spicer… - Review of Palaeobotany …, 2015 - Elsevier
Seven fossil leaves with cuticle described here were collected from the lower, middle and
upper strata of Siwalik (middle Miocene–lower Pleistocene) sediments of Arunachal …

A novel fossil-species of Meliolinites Selkirk (fossil Meliolaceae) and its life cycle stages associated with an angiosperm fossil leaf from the Siwalik (Mio-Pliocene) of …

M Bera, MA Khan, T Hazra, K Acharya, B Goswami… - Fungal Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Here, we report the in-situ occurrence of a new fossil-species of Meliolinites (fossil
Meliolaceae), Meliolinites bhutanensis sp. nov. on the cuticle fragments of a compressed …

Palaeoclimatic estimates for a latest Miocene-Pliocene flora from the Siwalik Group of Bhutan: Evidence for the development of the South Asian Monsoon in the …

MA Khan, M Bera, RA Spicer, TEV Spicer… - Palaeogeography …, 2019 - Elsevier
Fossil leaf floras, from the latest Miocene-Pliocene Siwalik Group exposed in Bhutan, sub-
Himalaya, are subjected to a CLAMP (Climate Leaf Analysis Multivariate Program) analysis …

[HTML][HTML] Progress and challenges in understanding Asian palaeogeography and monsoon evolution from the perspective of the plant fossil record

RA Spicer, A Farnsworth - Journal of Palaeosciences, 2021 - jpsonline.co.in
Land surface elevation, climate and vegetation are intrinsically linked at a range of spatial
and temporal scales. In the case of Asia, complex relief hosts some of the richest biodiversity …

Evidence for diversification of Calophyllum L. (Calophyllaceae) in the Neogene Siwalik forests of eastern Himalaya

MA Khan, RA Spicer, TEV Spicer, S Bera - Plant Systematics and Evolution, 2017 - Springer
Here, we report fossil leaves, woods, and pollen grains comparable to Calophyllum
L.(mainly to Calophyllum inophyllum L. and Calophyllum polyanthum Wall. ex Choisy) of …