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Coryphoideae (fan palm)

Angiospermae - Arecaceae

Taxonomy
Coryphoideae was named by Burnett. It is extant.

It was synonymized objectively with Arecaceae by Mai (2000).

It was assigned to Arecaceae by Su and Zhou (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Coryphoideae Su and Zhou

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
Monocots
familyArecaceaevon Berchtold and Presl 1820
CoryphoideaeBurnett
CoryphoideaeBurnett

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.

Unr. Coryphoideae Burnett [fan palm]
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G. Chamaerops Linnaeus 1753 [fan palm]
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Chamaerops humilis Linnaeus 1753
G. Copernicia Mart
G. †Coryphoides Koch 1972
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Coryphoides poulseni Koch 1972
G. Livistona Brown 1810
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Livistona wadiai Lakhanpal and Guleria 1983
G. †Sabalites Saporta 1865
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Sabalites californicus Lesquereux 1878
Sabalites campbelli Newberry 1863
Sabalites carolinensis Berry 1914
Sabalites fructifer Lesquereux 1873
Sabalites magothiensis Berry 1905
Sabalites microphylla Sahni 1964
Sabalites oxyrhachis Saporta 1865
Sabalites powellii Read and Hickey 1972
Sabalites suessionensis Fritel 1910
Sabalites tibetensis Su and Zhou 2019
G. Serenoa Hooker 1883
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Serenoa serrulata Michaux 1803
G. Trachycarpus Wendland 1861
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Trachycarpus ladakhensis Lakhanpal and Guleria 1984
G. †Tuzsonia Andreanszky 1949
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Tuzsonia hungarica Andreanszky 1949
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 83.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.2 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Sabalites sp. (31382)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (South Carolina) Sabalites carolinensis (210094)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Utah) Sabalites NE008 (31958)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Wyoming) Sabalites sp. (27136 27314 27360 27361 27366 27368)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Mexico) Sabalites sp., Sabalites montana (24180)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Palmales indet. (48727) Sabalites longirhachis (58521)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Romania (Hunedoara) Sabalites sp. (219173)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Colorado) Sabalites JC016 (31956) Sabalites LA042 (32131)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Sabalites eocenica, Sabalites montana (34921)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Sabalites longirhachis (148950)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.04China (Guangdong) Sabalites taishuensis (224040)
Tertiary - Late/Upper Miocene66.0 - 5.333Venezuela (Trujillo) Sabalites sp. (32005)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Middle Eocene59.24 - 37.71China (Guangxi) Sabalites changchangensis, Sabalites szei (223950)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Chamaerops borealis, Livistona minima, Livistona eocenica, Serenoa eocenica, Serenoa sp. (22811)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Japan Sabalites nipponica (70902)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Oregon) Sabalites sp. (21220)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (California) Sabalites californicus (23997)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71China (Hainan) Sabalites changchangensis, Sabalites szei (223825)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.07 - 33.9China (Liaoning) Sabalites chinensis (223815)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.07 - 33.9China (Xizang) Sabalites sp., Livistona sp. (223828)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9India (Jammu and Kashmir) Trachycarpus ladakhensis (180527)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9China (Xizang) Sabalites tibetensis (221626)
Late/Upper Eocene - Oligocene37.71 - 23.04India (Ladakh) Livistona wadiai (228181)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Sabalites major (68021)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Chile Sabalites ochseniusi (32463)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India (Himachal Pradesh) Trachycarpus ladakhensis (227850)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333India (Himachal Pradesh) Sabalites microphylla (226051)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333India (Ladakh) Trachycarpus ladakhensis (228645)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Pakistan (Azad Kashmir) Sabalites sp. (226052)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Switzerland (Zürich) Chamaerops helvetica (46225)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Poland (Silesia) Chamaerops humilis (28442)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Switzerland (Zürich) Chamaerops helvetica (46239)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Serenoa serrulata (34269)