Nipadites Bowerbank 1840 (palm)

Angiospermae - Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae

Full reference: J. S. Bowerbank. 1840. A History of the Fossil Fruits & Seeds of the London Clay. 1-144

Parent taxon: Arecaceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919

See also Andrews 1970, Ettinghausen 1880, Gee 2001, Lakhanpal et al. 1976 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, Nypa, Nypoideae, Oraniopsis, Oreodoxites, Palmacites, Palmocaulon, Palmostroboxylon, Palmoxylon, Paloreodoxites, Parapalmocaulon, Phoenicites, Racemonocolpites, Rhizopalmoxylon, Sabal, Sabalocaulon, Sabalophyllum, Spinizonocolpites, Spinopalmoxylon, Tricoccites, Tripylocarpa, Victorisporis, Hyphaene, Phoenix, Spinophyllum, Calamus, Latanites, Palmocarpon, Latericutis, Perrandoa, Attaleinites, Neozamia, Palaeothrinax, Rhapis, Cocoopsis, Corypheae, Versipalmicutis, Eolirion, Palaeospadix, Rhizopalmoxylon, Lepidocaryinae, Astrocaryum, Sanmiguelia, Perfossus, Palmophyllum, Palmaepollenites, Burtinia, Bactrites, Anomophyllites, Caryotispermum, Palmites, Palmanthium, Serenopsis, Cocites, Palmostrobus, Hemiphoenicites, Palmaepites, Juranyia

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Eocene of India (2 collections), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Mississippi)

• Cretaceous of India (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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