Phoenix Linnaeus 1753 (date palm)

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, Hyphaene, Astrocaryum, Cocites, Anomophyllites, Burtinia, Rhapis, Eolirion, Palmostrobus, Hemiphoenicites, Palmocarpon, Palaeothrinax, Palmanthium, Palmites, Rhizopalmoxylon, Bactrites, Serenopsis, Palmaepites, Versipalmicutis, Corypheae, Sanmiguelia, Palaeospadix, Cocoopsis, Latericutis, Lepidocaryinae, Perfossus, Attaleinites, Palmaepollenites, Neozamia, Nipadites, Palmophyllum, Caryotispermum, Perrandoa, Elate, Juranyia, Latanites, Spinophyllum, Calamus

Subtaxa: Phoenix dactylifera Phoenix intertrappea Phoenix paludosa

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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

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