Palmacites Brongniart 1822 (palm)

Angiospermae - Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae

Synonym: Exflabellaria La Motte 1952

Parent taxon: Arecaceae according to R. Srivastava 1991

See also Andrews 1970 and Hickey 1977

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, Palmocaulon, Palmostroboxylon, Palmoxylon, Paloreodoxites, Parapalmocaulon, Phoenicites, Racemonocolpites, Rhizopalmoxylon, Sabal, Sabalocaulon, Sabalophyllum, Spinizonocolpites, Spinopalmoxylon, Tricoccites, Tripylocarpa, Victorisporis, Phoenix, Anomophyllites, Palaeospadix, Corypheae, Palmites, Palmostrobus, Rhizopalmoxylon, Rhapis, Perrandoa, Caryotispermum, Serenopsis, Palmanthium, Perfossus, Latanites, Elate, Cocoopsis, Sanmiguelia, Hemiphoenicites, Palmaepollenites, Neozamia, Burtinia, Cocites, Astrocaryum, Eolirion, Versipalmicutis, Palmaepites, Palmophyllum, Bactrites, Juranyia, Latericutis, Palmocarpon, Lepidocaryinae, Attaleinites, Palaeothrinax, Nipadites, Hyphaene, Spinophyllum, Calamus

Subtaxa: Palmacites dorfii Palmacites goldianus Palmacites khariensis Palmacites lamanonis

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Type: Palmacites lamanonis

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Miocene of India (1 collection)

• Oligocene of Germany (1)

• Eocene of United States (1: North Dakota)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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