Nypa van Wurmb 1779 (palm)

Angiospermae - Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae

Alternative spelling: Nipa

Parent taxon: Arecaceae according to R. C. Mehrotra et al. 2003

See also Chandler 1961, Chandler 1961, Chandler 1963, Chandler 1978, Chauhan 1991, Gee 2001, Lakhanpal et al. 1976, Mai 2000, Pole and Macphail 1996, Sahni and Rode 1937, Srivastava 1991, Tiffney 1999 and Tralau 1964

Sister taxa: Amesoneuron, Archontophoenix, Areca, Arecipites, Arecoideae, Borassus, Calamopsis, Caryota, Chamaedorea, Cocos, Cocosocarpon, Coryphoideae, Echidiporites, Erythea, Eugeissona, Flabellaria, Friedemannia, Geonoma, Geonomites, Grimsdalea, Hyphaeneocarpon, Iriartea, Iriartites, Krempocarpon, Longapertites, Luminidites, Manicaria, Mauritiidites, Nipadites, Nypoideae, Oraniopsis, Oreodoxites, Palmacites, Palmocaulon, Palmostroboxylon, Palmoxylon, Paloreodoxites, Parapalmocaulon, Phoenicites, Racemonocolpites, Rhizopalmoxylon, Sabal, Sabalocaulon, Sabalophyllum, Spinizonocolpites, Spinopalmoxylon, Tricoccites, Tripylocarpa, Victorisporis, Calamus, Spinophyllum, Versipalmicutis, Burtinia, Perfossus, Sanmiguelia, Attaleinites, Anomophyllites, Rhapis, Rhizopalmoxylon, Cocites, Hemiphoenicites, Cocoopsis, Latanites, Lepidocaryinae, Perrandoa, Serenopsis, Juranyia, Eolirion, Palmaepollenites, Bactrites, Palmostrobus, Caryotispermum, Corypheae, Palaeothrinax, Palmocarpon, Astrocaryum, Palmanthium, Latericutis, Neozamia, Palmophyllum, Palaeospadix, Palmaepites, Palmites, Phoenix, Hyphaene

Subtaxa: Nypa australis Nypa burtini Nypa fruticans Nypa hindi Nypa sahnii

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of India (2 collections)

• Miocene of India (2)

• Oligocene to Miocene of India (1)

• Oligocene of India (1)

• Eocene of Australia (2), Germany (2), India (1), the United Kingdom (12), United States (3: Maryland, Texas)

• Paleocene of Morocco (1)

• Paleogene of India (1)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of India (1)

• Cretaceous of India (1)

Total: 30 collections including 48 occurrences

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