Angiospermae - Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Parent taxon: Arecaceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
See also Chandler 1961, Chandler 1962, Chandler 1963, Chandler 1978, Lakhanpal et al. 1976, Mai 2000 and Srivastava 1991
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, Nypa, Nypoideae, Oraniopsis, Oreodoxites, Palmacites, Palmocaulon, Palmostroboxylon, Palmoxylon, Paloreodoxites, Parapalmocaulon, Phoenicites, Racemonocolpites, Rhizopalmoxylon, Sabalocaulon, Sabalophyllum, Spinizonocolpites, Spinopalmoxylon, Tricoccites, Tripylocarpa, Victorisporis, Spinophyllum, Calamus, Hyphaene, Perfossus, Palmaepollenites, Cocoopsis, Latericutis, Anomophyllites, Latanites, Lepidocaryinae, Cocites, Palmostrobus, Attaleinites, Serenopsis, Juranyia, Palmophyllum, Rhizopalmoxylon, Palmocarpon, Palmanthium, Bactrites, Perrandoa, Sanmiguelia, Palmaepites, Rhapis, Caryotispermum, Palaeothrinax, Neozamia, Corypheae, Versipalmicutis, Burtinia, Hemiphoenicites, Eolirion, Palaeospadix, Palmites, Astrocaryum, Phoenix
Subtaxa: Sabal bigbendense Sabal bracknellense Sabal eocenica Sabal goldiana Sabal grandifolia Sabal grandisperma Sabal grayana Sabal imperialis Sabal leei Sabal major Sabal miocenica Sabal montana Sabal palmetto Sabal powellii Sabal rigida Sabal rugosa Sabal ungeri
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: Florida collections)
• Miocene of Italy (1), Switzerland (1), United States (2: California)
• Oligocene of Germany (3)
• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), India (1), Japan (11), the United Kingdom (7), United States (2: Oregon)
• Paleocene of France (1), United States (21: Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Wyoming)
• Paleogene of India (2)
• Cretaceous of United States (3: Colorado, New Mexico, Texas)
Total: 58 collections including 65 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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