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Chamaerops (fan palm)

Angiospermae - Arecaceae

Taxonomy
Chamaerops was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Chamaerops humilis.

It was assigned to Coryphoideae by Mai (2000).

Species
C. humilis (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. borealis, C. helvetica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Chamaerops Linnaeus
2000Chamaerops Mai p. 98

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

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. Chamaerops Linnaeus 1753 [fan palm]
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Chamaerops humilis Linnaeus 1753
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 Ypresian to the top of the MN 6 or 56.00000 to 12.75000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Chamaerops borealis (22811)
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)