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: Phoenicoideae according to D. H. Mai 2000
See also Chauhan 1991, Lakhanpal et al. 1976 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, Nypa, Nypoideae, Oraniopsis, Oreodoxites, Palmacites, Palmocaulon, Palmostroboxylon, Palmoxylon, Paloreodoxites, Parapalmocaulon, Phoenicites, Racemonocolpites, Rhizopalmoxylon, Sabal, Sabalocaulon, Sabalophyllum, Spinizonocolpites, Spinopalmoxylon, Tricoccites, Tripylocarpa, Victorisporis, Palmostrobus, Anomophyllites, Rhapis, Palaeospadix, Perfossus, Palmophyllum, Nipadites, Sanmiguelia, Elate, Cocoopsis, Attaleinites, Palmites, Palmanthium, Palaeothrinax, Palmaepollenites, Bactrites, Versipalmicutis, Palmaepites, Latanites, Hemiphoenicites, Neozamia, Latericutis, Palmocarpon, Serenopsis, Lepidocaryinae, Corypheae, Rhizopalmoxylon, Burtinia, Cocites, Astrocaryum, Juranyia, Eolirion, Caryotispermum, Perrandoa, Hyphaene, Spinophyllum, Calamus
Subtaxa: Phoenix dactylifera Phoenix intertrappea Phoenix paludosa
Type: Phoenix dactylifera
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Egypt (1 collection), India (3)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (1)
• Miocene of India (1)
• Paleocene of France (1)
• Paleogene of India (1)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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