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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. Castellinia incurva, Fracastoria rotunda, Castellinia ambigua, Nipadites bowerbankii, Nipa hindi, Fracastoria pyriformis, Fracastoria zignoana, Burtinia cocoides, Fracastoria anguria, Pandanocarpum oblongum, Fracastoria melo, Amomum stenocarpum, Nipadites pyramidalis, Fracastoria pomiformis, Nipadites heberti, Fracastoria lagenaria, Nipadites lanceolatus, Nipadites turgidus, Nipadites sickenbergeri, Nipadites cordiformis, Fracastoria gastrioides, Amomum sheppyense, Fracastoria citrullus, Fracastoria gigantea, Rubiaceocarpum markgrafi, Fracastoria megapepo, Nipadites crassus, Nipa pernambucensis, Fracastoria citriformis, Nipadites borneensis, Fracastoria cucurbitina, Palaeokeura cretaceum, Nipadites semiteres, Fracastoria pyramidalis, Nipadites parkinsonis, Apeibopsis gigantea, Castellinia compressa, Nipadites acutus, Castellinia elliptica, Nipadites giganteus, Nipadites pruniformis, Castellinia zignoana, Nipadites clavatus, Castellinia subrotunda, Nipadites ellipticus, Nipadites umbonatus), 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], Apeibopsis gigantea Fraas 1867 [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 sickenbergeri Bonnet 1904 [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 |
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| 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 | USA (Maryland) | Nipa burtini (55255) | |
| 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) | |
| Eocene | India (Meghalaya) | N. sahnii (228216) | |
| Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | Nipa burtini (27721) | |
| 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) |