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Palmocarpon palmarum

Angiospermae - Arecaceae

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

It was recombined as Palmocarpon palmarum by Knowlton (1898), Knowlton (1919).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. acrocomioides, P. bactrioides, P. fusiforme
Entered
by B. Allen on 2022-02-07; modified by M. Carrano on 2026-01-21

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Carpolithes palmarum Lesquereux p. 13
1878Palmocarpon commune Lesquereux
1898Palmocarpon palmarum Knowlton
1919Palmocarpon palmarum 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
speciespalmarum(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 palmarum Lesquereux 1871
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Invalid names: Palmocarpon commune Lesquereux 1878 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available