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Nypa
Taxonomy
Nypa was named by van Wurmb (1779). It is extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.
It was corrected as Nipa by Sahni and Rode (1937), Chandler (1961), Chandler (1978); it was misspelled as Nipa by Chandler (1961), Chandler (1963), Tralau (1964), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991), Srivastava (1991), Pole and Macphail (1996), Tiffney (1999), Mai (2000), Mehrotra et al. (2003).
It was assigned to Nipaceae by Chandler (1961), Chandler (1978); to Nypaceae by Chandler (1961), Chandler (1963), Tralau (1964), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991), Srivastava (1991); to Palmae by Sahni and Rode (1937), Tiffney (1999); to Nypoideae by Mai (2000); and to Arecaceae by Pole and Macphail (1996), Mehrotra et al. (2003).
It was corrected as Nipa by Sahni and Rode (1937), Chandler (1961), Chandler (1978); it was misspelled as Nipa by Chandler (1961), Chandler (1963), Tralau (1964), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991), Srivastava (1991), Pole and Macphail (1996), Tiffney (1999), Mai (2000), Mehrotra et al. (2003).
It was assigned to Nipaceae by Chandler (1961), Chandler (1978); to Nypaceae by Chandler (1961), Chandler (1963), Tralau (1964), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991), Srivastava (1991); to Palmae by Sahni and Rode (1937), Tiffney (1999); to Nypoideae by Mai (2000); and to Arecaceae by Pole and Macphail (1996), Mehrotra et al. (2003).
Species
N. australis, N. burtini, N. fruticans (syn. Nipadites giganteus, Nipadites crassus, Castellinia zignoana, Nipadites pruniformis, Fracastoria pyramidalis, Palaeokeura cretaceum, Castellinia compressa, Fracastoria rotunda, Nipadites parkinsonis, Pandanocarpum oblongum, Nipadites borneensis, Nipadites bowerbankii, Fracastoria lagenaria, Fracastoria anguria, Fracastoria melo, Nipadites clavatus, Fracastoria citrullus, Nipadites pyramidalis, Nipadites heberti, Nipa hindi, Amomum stenocarpum, Fracastoria gastrioides, Fracastoria citriformis, Nipadites lanceolatus, Castellinia elliptica, Fracastoria megapepo, Nipadites ellipticus, Fracastoria zignoana, Nipadites umbonatus, Castellinia incurva, Nipadites semiteres, Nipadites turgidus, Burtinia cocoides, Castellinia subrotunda, Nipadites cordiformis, Rubiaceocarpum markgrafi, Fracastoria pyriformis, Fracastoria pomiformis, Castellinia ambigua, Amomum sheppyense, Fracastoria cucurbitina, Nipa pernambucensis, Fracastoria gigantea, Nipadites acutus), N. hindi, N. sahnii
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1779 | Nypa van Wurmb |
| 1937 | Nipa Sahni and Rode p. 166 |
| 1961 | Nipa Chandler p. 33 |
| 1963 | Nipa Chandler p. 72 |
| 1964 | Nypa Tralau p. 8 |
| 1976 | Nypa Lakhanpal et al. |
| 1978 | Nipa Chandler p. 18 |
| 1991 | Nypa Chauhan |
| 1991 | Nypa Srivastava |
| 1996 | Nypa Pole and Macphail |
| 1999 | Nypa Tiffney p. 148 |
| 2000 | Nypa Mai p. 98 |
| 2003 | Nypa Mehrotra et al. p. 85 |
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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.
G. Nypa van Wurmb 1779
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†Nypa australis Pole and Macphail 1996
†Nypa burtini Brongniart 1828
Nypa fruticans Wumb 1781
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Invalid names: Amomum sheppyense Ettinghausen and Gardner 1879 [synonym], Amomum stenocarpum Ettingshausen 1879 [synonym], Burtinia cocoides Ettingshausen 1852 [synonym], Castellinia ambigua Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Castellinia compressa Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Castellinia elliptica Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Castellinia incurva Massalongo 1852 [synonym], Castellinia subrotunda Massalongo 1852 [synonym], Castellinia zignoana Massalongo 1852 [synonym], Fracastoria anguria Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Fracastoria citriformis Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Fracastoria citrullus Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Fracastoria cucurbitina Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Fracastoria gastrioides Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Fracastoria gigantea Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Fracastoria lagenaria Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Fracastoria megapepo Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Fracastoria melo Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Fracastoria pomiformis Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Fracastoria pyramidalis Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Fracastoria pyriformis Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Fracastoria rotunda Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Fracastoria zignoana Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Nipa hindi Rode 1933 [synonym], Nipa pernambucensis Dolianiti 1955 [synonym], Nipadites acutus Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Nipadites borneensis Kräusel 1923 [synonym], Nipadites bowerbankii Ettingshausen 1852 [synonym], Nipadites clavatus Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Nipadites cordiformis Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Nipadites crassus Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Nipadites ellipticus Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Nipadites giganteus Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Nipadites heberti Watelet 1866 [synonym], Nipadites lanceolatus Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Nipadites parkinsonis Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Nipadites pruniformis Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Nipadites pyramidalis Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Nipadites semiteres Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Nipadites turgidus Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Nipadites umbonatus Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Palaeokeura cretaceum Miguel 1853 [synonym], Pandanocarpum oblongum Brongniart 1828 [synonym], Rubiaceocarpum markgrafi Kraeusel 1939 [synonym]
†Nypa hindi Rode 1933
†Nypa sahnii Lakhanpal 1952
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Holocene or 72.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Collections (30 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Cretaceous - Paleocene | India (Madhya Pradesh) | Nipadites hindi (32317) | |
| Maastrichtian | India (Madhya Pradesh) | Nipa hindi (33636) | |
| Paleogene | India (Madhya Pradesh) | N. sp. (224606) | |
| Thanetian | Morocco | N. sp. (209587) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | Australia (Tasmania) | N. australis (167646) N. sp. (166741) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | Nipa burtini (21249 22743 22745 22806 204217 210088 210090) Nipadites umbonatus, Nipadites parkinsonis, Nipadites ellipticus, Nipadites crassus, Nipadites cordiformis, Nipadites pruniformis, Nipadites acutus, Nipadites clavatus, Nipadites lanceolatus, Nipadites giganteus, Nipadites semiteres, Nipadites pyramidalis, Nipa burtini, Nipa elliptica, Nipa lanceolata, Nipa parkinsonis, Nipa semiteres, Amomum sheppyense, Amomum stenocarpum (22811) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Maryland) | Nipa burtini (55255) | |
| Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | Nipa burtini (27721) | |
| Eocene | India (Meghalaya) | N. sahnii (228216) | |
| Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | Nipa burtini (24107) Nipa sp. (42087) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Texas) | Nipadites burtini (212689) | |
| Late/Upper Uintan | USA (Texas) | N. sp. (16542) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Germany | Nipa burtini (124431) | |
| Priabonian | United Kingdom (England) | Nipa sp. (27663) | |
| Priabonian | Germany (Bavaria) | Nipa sp. (10703) | |
| Oligocene | India | N. fruticans (212868) | |
| Oligocene - Miocene | India (Meghalaya) | N. sahnii (225192) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | India | N. fruticans (212869) | |
| Miocene | India (Maharashtra) | N. sp. (227811) | |
| Quaternary | India (West Bengal) | N. sp. (228810) | |
| Holocene | India (West Bengal) | N. fruticans (228797) |