Angiospermae - Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum (exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas cum Diferentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus secundum Systema Sexuale digestas). 1-1200
Parent taxon: Lepidocaryoideae according to D. H. Mai 2000
See also Chandler 1962, Chandler 1963, Chauhan 1991 and Kershaw 1976
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, Nypa, Nypoideae, Oraniopsis, Oreodoxites, Palmacites, Palmocaulon, Palmostroboxylon, Palmoxylon, Paloreodoxites, Parapalmocaulon, Phoenicites, Racemonocolpites, Rhizopalmoxylon, Sabal, Sabalocaulon, Sabalophyllum, Spinizonocolpites, Spinopalmoxylon, Tricoccites, Tripylocarpa, Victorisporis, Phoenix, Hyphaene, Spinophyllum, Palmophyllum, Anomophyllites, Elate, Juranyia, Palaeospadix, Lepidocaryinae, Versipalmicutis, Nipadites, Perfossus, Latanites, Palmocarpon, Hemiphoenicites, Cocites, Eolirion, Serenopsis, Rhapis, Corypheae, Bactrites, Caryotispermum, Latericutis, Rhizopalmoxylon, Neozamia, Palmanthium, Perrandoa, Astrocaryum, Palaeothrinax, Palmaepollenites, Burtinia, Palmaepites, Cocoopsis, Palmites, Attaleinites, Palmostrobus, Sanmiguelia
Subtaxa: Calamus daemonorops Calamus rotang Calamus tenuis
Type: Calamus rotang
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (8 collections), India (3)
• Miocene of Germany (4)
• Oligocene of Germany (2), the United Kingdom (1)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (4)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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