Parent taxon: Monocotyledonae according to R. Srivastava 1991
See also Andrews 1970 and Lakhanpal et al. 1976
Sister taxa: Alismales, Alismatales, Arales, Arundo, Commelinacea, Commelinidae, Deccananthus, Doryanthites, Dracaenites, Festucophyllites, Florentinites, Glumiflorae, Graminales, Halocharis, Helobiae, Hypoglossidium, Isselia, Liliidae, Microrrhagion, Monocotylophyllum, Monocotylorhizos, Monocotylostrobus, Monoporites, Monosulcites, Najadales, Palmales, Palmoidopteris, Pandanites, Phylladelphia, Phyllotaenia, Podostachys, Principes, Ravenalospermum, Restioniidites, Sabalpollenites, Scitaminales, Scitamineae, Shuklanthus, Spathiflorae, Stellatopollis, Triloculaire, Triloculocarpon, Velamenorhizos, Xyridales, Zingiberidae, Zosterites
Subtaxa: Viracarpon chitaleyi Viracarpon elongatum Viracarpon hexaspermum Viracarpon sahnii
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Paleogene of India (2 collections)
• Cretaceous of India (2)
Total: 4 collections including 9 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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