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The present paper comprises firstly a brief review of all the known Dipterocarpoxyla described since 1916 when Miss Holden instituted this genus. The more important anatomical characters of all the species have been summarised in the form of a table. But the original speciesD. burmense and a few others have been omitted because their affinities with the Dipterocarps are open to serious doubt.
Secondly, a new species ofDipterocarpoxyloi (D. Holdeni) has been described from the Irrawady system (mio-pliocene) of Burma. The poor preservation of this species has prevented further comparison with the timbers of the living Dipterocarpaceæ, but the close resemblance with the wood ofShorea robusta brought out in the present paper amply justifies the reference of this wood to the “Sal” family.
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Gupta, K.M. A review of the genusDipterocarpoxylon of holden, with description of a new speciesD. Holdeni from the Irrawady system of Burma. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 1, 633–639 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03039778
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