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Palmocarpon mexicanum

Angiospermae - Arecaceae

Taxonomy
Carpolithes mexicanus was named by Lesquereux (1872). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Palmocarpon mexicanum by Lesquereux (1878), Knowlton (1919).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. acrocomioides, P. bactrioides, P. fusiforme

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Carpolithes mexicanus Lesquereux p. 17
1878Palmocarpon mexicanum Lesquereux
1919Palmocarpon mexicanum Knowlton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumSpermatophyta
RankNameAuthor
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—Monocots
familyArecaceaevon Berchtold and Presl 1820
genusPalmocarponMiquel 1853
speciesmexicanum(Lesquereux 1871)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Palmocarpon mexicanum Lesquereux 1871
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available